Hong Kong fugitive Anna Kwok’s dad guilty of trying to cash out HK$88,000 policy

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AdvertisementHong Kong's national security lawHong KongLaw and CrimeHong Kong fugitive Anna Kwok’s dad guilty of trying to cash out HK$88,000 policy

Kwok Yin-sang attempted to deal with financial assets of US-based Anna Kwok, despite knowing daughter is wanted activist with HK$1 million bounty on her head

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Kwok Yin-sang (centre) arrives at the West Kowloon Court during the trial in October last year. Photo: Edmond So

Brian WongThe father of a wanted Hong Kong activist has been convicted under the city’s domestic national security law for trying to cash out an insurance policy worth more than HK$88,000 in his daughter’s name.

West Kowloon Court on Wednesday convicted Kwok Yin-sang of attempting to deal with the financial assets of US-based activist Anna Kwok Fung-yee, despite knowing authorities had classified her as an absconder under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.

The 69-year-old defendant is the first person to be found guilty of a non-sedition-related offence under the ordinance, which was enacted in 2024 to fulfil the requirement of Article 23 of the Basic Law, the city’s mini-constitution.AdvertisementAnna Kwok, the executive director of the US-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, is wanted by national security police for allegedly colluding with foreign forces by instigating sanctions against the city and mainland China.The 29-year-old is among eight activists who had HK$1 million bounties placed on their heads in 2023 for allegedly violating the Beijing-decreed national security law.Advertisement

The elder Kwok, the proprietor of a local engineering firm, ran into legal trouble after seeking to cash out a life and personal accident insurance policy with AIA International that he bought for his daughter when she was 22 months old.

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