Hong Kong activist’s dad sentenced‘JUDICIAL FARCE’: Anna Kwok said that her father’s conviction under the guise of national security was ‘transnational repression’ based on ‘guilt by blood’Reuters, HONG KONGA Hong Kong court sentenced the father of a wanted democracy activist to eight months in prison under the territory’s homegrown national security law, after he attempted to terminate her insurance policy and withdraw the funds. Kwok Yin-sang, left, leaves the Hong Kong High Court after a judge granted him bail on May 20 last year. His daughter, Anna Kwok (郭鳳儀), is the executive director of the Washington-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, and is one of 34 overseas activists wanted by the Hong Kong National Security Department. “My father was convicted and sentenced under the guise of ‘national security’, she said. China imposed a sweeping National Security Law on Hong Kong in 2020 and the territory’s legislature passed a second set of national security laws — Article 23 — in 2024, to plug what authorities called “loopholes” in the national security regime.

Source: Taipei Times February 26, 2026 17:08 UTC