Hong Kong government hits out at fugitive former lawmaker Ted Hui after Facebook call to add police and legal figures to US sanctions list

Government accuses Hui of ‘doxxing’ and ‘collusion with foreign forces’ after he calls for city officials involved in his court cases to be added to US sanctions list

Office of the Privacy Commissioner warns Hui’s Facebook post may constitute doxxing under Hong Kong legislation

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Ted Hui, a former Democratic Party politician (bottom, left), who skipped bail in 2020 is one of several people with HK$1 million bounties on their heads. Photo: Dickson Lee

Published: 6:55pm, 4 Mar 2024Updated: 7:32pm, 4 Mar 2024

The Hong Kong government launched an attack on fugitive former lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung on Monday after he called for police officers and legal figures involved in his court cases to be added to a sanctions list.

The government accused Hui of “doxxing” and attempting to “collude with a foreign country or external force” after he listed the names of police officers, lawyers and judges connected to his legal cases in the city on Facebook on Sunday.

“The … government strongly condemns [Hui’s] political grandstanding rife with ill intentions, which have been seen through by all,” a spokesman said.

Hui said in the post he had listed the names so that they “would not be missed on the international sanctions list,” and appealed to people to provide additional details on the officials he had identified.

But the spokesman said Hui’s action could amount to collusion and that his public “clamouring” for sanctions and doxxing of government personnel interfered with the city’s judicial system.

Fugitive Ted Lui has used Facebook to call for US sanctions on police and legal figures involved in his prosecution on national security charges. Photo: Reuters

He added Hui, a former Democratic Party member, was suspected of committing a variety of offences, but that he had “no intention” of facing legal proceedings.