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China freezes pastor’s account in Hong Kong clampdown [Los Angeles Times :: BC-HONGKONG-PASTOR:LA] SINGAPORE – During the height of Hong Kong’s protests last year, Pastor Roy Chan led a ragtag crew of middle-age and elderly church volunteers who would turn-up at pro-democracy demonstrations wearing yellow vests with Chinese characters on the back that read, “Protect the Children.” They’d form human chains to try to block police from reaching the mostly teenage and college-age protesters, shouting: “Beat us, don’t beat the kids.” At times, the authorities obliged. Many of the...

China freezes pastor’s bank account in Hong Kong clampdown [Los Angeles Times :: BC-HONGKONG-PASTOR:LA] SINGAPORE – During the height of Hong Kong’s protests last year, Pastor Roy Chan led a ragtag crew of middle-age and elderly church volunteers who would turn-up at pro-democracy demonstrations wearing yellow vests with Chinese characters on the back that read, “Protect the Children.” They’d form human chains to try to block police from reaching the mostly teenage and college-age protesters, shouting: “Beat us, don’t beat the kids.” At times, the authorities obliged. Many o...

Last week, while in Britain, the 39-year-old pastor went online and discovered that bank accounts belonging to him, his wife and the Good Neighbour North District Church had been frozen. The next day, he learned police had raided the church's two locations and arrested a staffer and a former director. Chan and his wife are accused of fraud and money laundering for under-reporting millions in church donations – charges he denies. “We are a registered charity organisation. We've done everything lawfully,” said Chan, who is living in an undisclosed location in Britain indefinitely with ...

China freezes pastor’s bank account in Hong Kong clampdown [Los Angeles Times] During the height of Hong Kong’s protests last year, Pastor Roy Chan led a ragtag crew of middle-age and elderly church volunteers who would turn-up at pro-democracy demonstrations wearing yellow vests with Chinese characters on the back that read, “Protect the Children.” They’d form human chains to try to block police from reaching the mostly teenage and college-age protesters, shouting: “Beat us, don’t beat the kids.” At times, the authorities obliged. Many of the volunteers, including an 83-year-...