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Written by: Ling Yide
2020-11-22 23:17
Last update date: 2020-11-22 23:26
Officers of the National Security Department of the police yesterday (21st) arrested Jess (formerly known as Yin Yaosheng) of the D100 network station, his wife Zeng Biyun and assistant Li Baoli, on suspicion of "funding others to split the country with money or other properties" and money laundering.
After more than one day of detention, Jess and the three others were released on bail today (22nd).
At 10 pm, he left the Wan Chai Police Headquarters accompanied by lawyer Huang Guotong and Long Mao Liang Guoxiong.
The police said that the three arrested persons have been released on bail pending further investigation and must report to the police in late January next year.
On February 22 this year, Jess introduced the "A Thousand Parents, Taiwanese Aid" crowdfunding program in the program "Not on Channel", and pointed out that in order to promote the plan, he personally went to Taiwan to contact other organizations and formulate a letter of intent. .
It is understood that Jess launched a fund-raising program called "A Thousand Parents, Taiwan Aid" on the Internet.
The police alleged that some people claimed that the money raised would be used to support those who left Hong Kong due to the demonstrations and provided their bank account information for collection purposes. After investigation, the staff of the National Security Department suspected that someone had illegally misappropriated and processed part of the money, and funded secessionist activities People and organizations in the United States, therefore arrested 1 man and 2 women, aged between 50 and 53, who were suspected of "using money or other property to finance others to split the country" and "handling the benefits of indictable crimes represented by known or believed Property” (commonly known as “money laundering”).
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