Hong Kong national security law: 2 more ex-Demosisto members arrested over funds support for Nathan Law, total number of suspects at 7
- Chan Kok-hin and Lily Wong accused of conspiring to collude with a foreign country or external forces to endanger national security and commit acts with seditious intent, source says
- Fugitive ex-lawmaker Nathan Law is among eight on wanted list, each with HK$1 million bounty for arrest
Hong Kong national security police on Thursday arrested two more members of disbanded opposition party Demosisto over alleged fundraising activities backing fugitive ex-legislator Nathan Law Kwun-chung, the Post learned.
The latest arrests in the morning brought the total number of ex-Demosisto suspects in the case to seven.
Without naming the suspects, police said they had arrested a man and woman, both 29, for allegedly conspiring to collude with a foreign country or external forces to endanger national security and commit acts with seditious intent.
“An investigation revealed that the two arrested persons were suspected of having connections with the group of people arrested on July 5,” the force said.
The Post learned the two suspects were Chan Kok-hin and Lily Wong Lee-lee.
A source familiar with the case said the two were former key members of Demosisto and that Chan worked as an assistant for Law when he was a legislator.
In January 2020, Wong was arrested at the Hong Kong International Airport before departing for Taiwan to observe the presidential election on the self-ruled island.