Police allege sparks involved in money laundering, financial industry trade unions criticize failure to provide specific evidence

Financial news

Written by: Yue Yueting

2019-12-21 15:26

Yesterday, the Spark Alliance, which provides support and fundraising platform for anti-revision storm arrests, was accused by the police of money laundering and frozen bank accounts of about HK $ 70 million. The newly formed Financial Industry Staff Union condemned the incident and criticized the police for questioning its intention to freeze dissident assets and further damage Hong Kong's reputation for a free economy.

The association condemned the police for not linking the Spark Alliance with money laundering without providing sufficient substantive evidence, worrying about setting precedents, or making foreign investors worry that their investments are not protected by law and undermine Hong Kong's status as an international financial center.

The association also pointed out that it is not unusual for Spark to have a large daily cash flow as a large fundraising platform; the police did not provide specific evidence, but mislead the public that Spark is suspected of money laundering, with the intention to name Spark as an illegal organization, And the intention is to make the public stop supporting the protesters because of fear of being guilty.

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