For two consecutive days, the National Security Department of the police arrested four trustees of the "612 Humanitarian Support Fund", including the emeritus bishop of the Catholic Hong Kong Diocese of Hong Kong, Card. "Conspiracy to collude with foreign forces or foreign forces to endanger national security" in the National Security Law.
The four arrested were released on bail last night, subject to handing over their travel documents.
It is reported that today (12th), the National Security Department re-arrested He Xiulan, a former Legislative Council member who was serving a sentence in prison. He was convicted and imprisoned last year for attending the June 4 rally in 2020.
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Xu Baoqiang, the trustee of the "612 Humanitarian Support Fund" that supports anti-amendment protesters, was arrested at the airport the day before yesterday (10th) when he was about to leave Hong Kong for Frankfurt, Germany. The other three trustees yesterday (11th) - Chen Rijun, Wu Aiyi and Ho Yunshi were also arrested by officers of the National Security Service and taken to Chai Wan Police Station, Wan Chai Police Station and Western District Police Station respectively.
Leung Ka Kit, SC and Civic Party chairman, went to Chai Wan Police Station to learn about the incident.
All were released on bail until late at night.
According to the police, the National Security Division of the Hong Kong Police Force (National Security Division) carried out law enforcement operations in various districts across Hong Kong on May 10 and May 11, arresting 2 men and 2 women, aged between 45 and 90, on suspicion of " The crime of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces or foreign forces to endanger national security” violates Article 29 of the Hong Kong National Security Law.
In addition, in accordance with Article 43 of the "Hong Kong National Security Law" and Schedule II of the "Implementation Rules", the National Security Department issued a notice issued by a magistrate to the arrested persons, requiring them to surrender all travel documents to the police.
The police also applied to the court for subpoenas to accuse the above four people and another 37-year-old man of failing to comply with the requirements of the Societies Ordinance to register for the "612 Humanitarian Support Fund".
Police investigations show that the above-mentioned persons are all trustees of the "612 Humanitarian Support Fund". They are suspected of requesting foreign or overseas organizations to impose sanctions on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, endangering national security, and the arrests continue.
All arrested persons will be released on bail pending investigation.
The 612 Fund announced an orderly shutdown in August last year.
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"612 Humanitarian Support Fund" was announced in August last year to refer to the fund's fund custody and income and expenditure services, which are provided by "True Universal Suffrage Alliance Co., Ltd." 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.
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