Hong Kong woman earlier arrested under domestic national security law suspected of another offence over helping fugitive Nathan Law
- National Security Department says woman arrested on Wednesday for allegedly committing sedition also suspected of providing financial support to wanted activist in Britain
- Suspect accused of supporting fugitive Nathan Law with money and other individuals through online subscription platform
A spokesman for the force’s National Security Department said on Friday that the woman was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly committing sedition under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.
He added she was now also suspected of involvement in another offence.
“Investigation revealed that she supported fugitive Law Kwun-chung with money and other individuals through an online subscription platform, with the amount of funding amounting to approximately HK$140,000 [US$18,000] ,” the spokesman said.
Such support would amount to violation of section 21 of the national security law by “providing pecuniary or other financial assistance or property” for another person to commit secession.
The national security law, imposed on the city by Beijing four years ago, criminalises secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces.
According to police, the suspect in question was the seventh arrestee in a sedition case concerning Facebook posts related to the Tiananmen Square crackdown.