Hong Kong activist’s father convicted under national security over insurance policy

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court found the father of a wanted activist guilty of a national security violation on Wednesday after he tried to end her insurance policy and withdraw the funds, drawing international criticism for the targeting of relatives of pro-democracy campaigners. Kwok Yin-sang, 69, is the first person to be charged under a Hong Kong law known as Article 23 that expands on a Beijing-imposed national security law, for “attempting to deal with, directly or indirectly, any funds or other ‌financial assets or ‌economic resources” belonging to an absconder.

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