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Liu Yingkuang and Zou Jiacheng pointed out that police obtained financial records. Reuters: Involving HSBC, Citigroup and Standard Chartered Bank

2021-01-26T14:10:48.109Z


At the beginning of the month, the police arrested 53 pan-democrats in connection with their participation in the primary elections of the Democratic Party’s Legislative Council last year, alleging that they were suspected of violating the "Hong Kong District National Security Act." "Reuters" reported today (26th), quoting Liu Weikuang, Zou Jiacheng, etc. 6


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Written by: Zhai Ruimin

2021-01-26 21:54

Last update date: 2021-01-26 21:54

At the beginning of the month, the police arrested 53 pan-democrats in connection with their participation in the primary elections of the Democratic Party’s Legislative Council last year, alleging that they were suspected of violating the "Hong Kong District National Security Act."

"Reuters" reported today (26th) that six arrested pro-democracy activists, including Liu Weikuang and Zou Jiacheng, were quoted as saying that the police obtained some of their financial information without the parties’ consent, and after the arrest, they asked about some details of the transaction. .

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Six pro-democracy activists arrested for participating in the primary election revealed to Reuters that the police obtained their financial information without consent and asked them about certain transactions.

Liu Yingkuang, who participated in the primary election of Xindong, said that the police showed him several monthly statements of his Hang Seng bank account and inquired about several transactions during the primary election.

Liu Yingkuang explained that the account was used to receive crowdfunding funds for the primary election.

Zou Jiacheng said police confiscated credit and debit cards

Another candidate for the primary election, Zou Jiacheng, also stated that the police had obtained the financial records of his Citibank, Hang Seng Bank and HSBC PayMe and asked him about the source of funds deposited in these three accounts for a total of 100,000 yuan.

The police also confiscated their Citibank and Hang Seng Bank debit cards and credit cards.

The other four arrested pro-democracy activists who did not want to be named also pointed out that the police showed their bank account records during the interrogation. Two of them belonged to Standard Chartered Bank.

The number of police checks on financial records doubled in the past six months

According to Reuters, several banks including HSBC, Hang Seng, Citigroup and Standard Chartered declined to comment on individual incidents.

The report also quoted local bank executives with knowledge of the fact that the number of financial records checked by the Hong Kong police has more than doubled in the past six months, mainly involving democrats.

The executive said that the local bank had no choice but to follow the police's request.

Some foreign bank executives also pointed out that the Sino-US struggle has continued to heat up after the "Port National Security Act" took effect. The police's request for banks to inquire about customer financial information has made foreign banks involved in disputes even more troublesome.

"Reuters" alleges that the police refused to disclose the reason for checking the financial records, and said it would not release the investigation actions and details.

A spokesperson for the HKMA said that financial institutions need to cooperate with law enforcement agencies in investigations and actions.

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