Hong Kong national security law: protest fund facing foreign collusion probe to stop taking donations ‘until further notice’
- The 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund is closing almost a month earlier than expected after police investigation into its activities
- Group has helped those charged as a result of the civil unrest in 2019
A fund set up to help Hong Kong’s anti-government protesters will stop taking donations “until further notice”, days after police launched an investigation into its activities.
The 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund had previously said it would close in October, but wrote on its Facebook page on Monday that it would “stop receiving donations for the time being”.
It said the Alliance for True Democracy – an opposition group advocating universal suffrage which helped it collect donations – had notified the fund that it would stop executing its requests for payment out of the bank account it used.
Last week, police sent letters to key leaders in charge of the fund, and the alliance, demanding operational information, citing powers under the Beijing-imposed national security law.
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The fund’s decision means those hoping to make a one-off donation cannot do so, while regular contributors’ payments will also stop.