Hong Kong chief executive John Lee said the only way for eight overseas-based Hong Kong activists to end their lives ‘on the run’ was ‘through surrender’. Hong Kong police issued arrest warrants for the activists 24 hours earlier, accusing them of offences including foreign collusion and incitement to secession, and offered rewards of HK$1m for information leading to each possible arrest. The accused activists – based in several countries, including the US, Britain and Australia – are wanted under a national security law that Beijing imposed on Hong Kong in 2020
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