China puts $191,000 price on activist heads in Australia
China has warned Australia against giving a safe haven to "fugitives" seeking to "destabilise Hong Kong", with police offering huge bounties for their arrests.
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China has warned Australia against giving a safe haven to "fugitives" seeking to "destabilise Hong Kong", with police offering huge bounties for their arrests.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday it was "unacceptable" that Hong Kong has put bounties on two Australian residents who are among eight overseas democracy activists wanted under a national security law. Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday eight overseas-based Hong Kong activists who were issued with arrest warrants for alleged national security offences would be "pursued for life". Hong Kong police have offered rewards of HK$1 million ($127,656) for information leading to the arrest of the eight, including Melbourne lawyer and Aus...
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Beijing has warned Canberra to stop sheltering "fugitives" after Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong expressed concern over Hong Kong issuing arrest warrants on pro-democracy activists based overseas.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday criticized Hong Kong authorities over their pursuit of two pro-democracy activists w...