Source: SFGate
“A Hong Kong court sentenced the father of a U.S.-based activist to eight months in prison Thursday for attempting to withdraw some funds from his daughter’s insurance policy, in the first case against a family member of a pro-democracy advocate wanted by the city’s authorities brought under a national security [sic] law. Kwok Yin-sang, 69, was found guilty earlier this month of attempting to deal with financial assets belonging to an ‘absconder’ under the 2024 security [sic] law, locally known as Article 23 legislation. His daughter Anna Kwok, who is the executive director of the Washington-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, slammed his conviction as ‘transnational repression.'” (02/26/26)