National security police freeze all assets of Hong Kong group behind annual Tiananmen vigil
- Development comes just days after members of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China voted to disband
- Alliance secretary Richard Tsoi, who is handling group’s liquidation, says he was notified by police’s National Security Department about move
The development came days after members of the 32-year-old Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China passed a resolution to disband on Saturday by a 41-4 majority after coming under increasing scrutiny by authorities in recent months.
Alliance secretary Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong, who is handling the group’s liquidation, said he was notified by police’s National Security Department on Wednesday that they had frozen its assets including the June 4 museum on Mong Kok Road.
Police had already frozen about HK$2.2 million (US$282,000) worth of alliance assets in early September in connection with alleged acts endangering national security. Documents, computers and promotional materials, including cardboard cut-outs of the museum logo and a caricature of late alliance co-founder Szeto Wah, were also seized.
“It means all of the alliance’s bank assets and fixed assets have been frozen by the National Security Department,” Tsoi said.