shortly after this i m using the word bounty was put on his head, the authorities visited his family in hong kong. it was clearly intimidatory. according to samuel bickett, a respected us based fellow at georgetown s center for asian law, clearly, the hong kong authorities are sending a message to activists and potential activists abroad that if you stand up to the hong kong government, they are going to go after your family. you approve of that? well, that s not true. because it s important to note that, according to the hong kong legal system, which is the common law system, no one is going to be held accountable for criminal offences that another person has committed, even if that person committing the offence is a family member or a friend. so they re only going to be prosecuted if they have committed an offence or have aided and abetted an offence themselves. so this practice is a common law practice and that is exactly the same as any other
Police targeting pro-democracy activists abroad have questioned their family and put out bounties, but there is a broader, more chilling, objective behind the operation
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