Xu Baoqiang, one of the trustees of the defunct "612 Humanitarian Support Fund", is understood to have been arrested by the National Security Department of the police at the airport last night (10th) on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces in violation of the "Hong Kong National Security Law".
It is reported that the police arrested three other trustees of the fund today (11th) evening, including Cardinal Chen Rijun, Wu Aiyi, and Ho Yunshi. They were also arrested for colluding with foreign forces.
The 612 Fund announced an orderly shutdown in August last year.
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Chen Rijun first arrested
The 5 trustees of the "612 Humanitarian Support Fund" to support the anti-amendment protesters include Cards Chen Rijun, Wu Aiyi, He Xiulan and Ho Yunshi. Among them, Chen Rijun was arrested for the first time. Xu Baoqiang was at the airport last night (10th) and was preparing to leave Hong Kong. He was arrested by the National Security Department of the police in Frankfurt, Germany, and He Xiulan is currently on remand.
The fund announced in August last year that the fund's fund custody and income and expenditure services are provided by "True Universal Suffrage Alliance Co., Ltd.". Since "True Universal Suffrage Alliance" will end its operation in a short period of time, the fund will also "orderly cease operations." ".
In the announcement, the fund stopped accepting new cases on August 18 last year, and stopped appropriating funds from September 6 of the same year. The secretariat of the fund was also dissolved on October 31 of the same year.
It is understood that the police obtained a "material submission order" from the court in accordance with the "Hong Kong National Security Law" in September last year, requiring the trustee of the "fund" and the directors of the "Zhenpulian" company to provide relevant organizational operations and funds within a specified period of time. Transactions and other information, including multiple crowdfunding, account funds transaction details, donor and recipient information, donation purpose and details of supported projects, etc.
It is reported that the direction of the police investigation includes whether the donation organization or the donor is involved in collusion with foreign forces.
News: Xu Baoqiang, the trustee of the 612 Fund, was arrested by the State Security Office for colluding with foreign forces. The 612 Fund was investigated by the State Security Office. The first trustee was arrested for colluding with foreign forces. The secretariat was dissolved at the end of October.
