A £100,000 bounty has been offered by Hong Kong police for a pro-democracy activist living in the UK.
The same bounty on Nathan Law has also been put on seven other protesters who fled abroad.
It’s claimed they have broken national security.
All eight left Hong Kong after Beijing imposed laws to supress dissent.
Some of the pro-democracy protests ended in violence on the streets.
Stven Li, chief superintendent of the national security department, said:
“These people have committed serious offences that endanger national security.
“They advocated for sanctions to damage Hong Kong’s interests and intimidate officials, with some specifically targeting judges and prosecutors.
“The police cannot arrest the eight if they remain overseas but we will not stop [chasing them].”
James Cleverly, Foreign Secretary, said:
“We will not tolerate any attempts by China to intimidate and silence individuals in the UK and overseas.
“The UK will always defend the universal right to freedom of expression and stand up for those who are targeted.
“We strongly object to the national security law that China imposed on Hong Kong, including its extraterritorial reach, in breach of the legally binding Sino-British Joint Declaration.
“We call on Beijing to remove the national security law and for the Hong Kong authorities to end their targeting of those who stand up for freedom and democracy.”
China has accused British politicians of “openly protecting fugitives”.
A spokesperson at the Beijing embassy in London condemned what it called “crude interference in Hong Kong’s rule of law and China’s internal affairs”.
Mr Law said:
“I have previously been ‘wanted’ for other cases and obtained refugee status in the UK two years ago.
“These charges are classic examples of abusing the concept of ‘national security’, pushing its definition to an extreme to suppress dissident voices.”
