一名香港男子因试图获得女儿的保险基金而根据国家安全法被监禁8个月,引起人们对跨国镇压的担忧。
A Hong Kong man jailed for 8 months under national security law for trying to access his daughter’s insurance funds, sparking concerns over transnational repression.
香港一名男子Kwok Yin-sang因试图从他为女儿Anna Kwok购买的教育保险单中提取资金而根据香港国家安全法被判处8个月监禁。 Anna Kwok是一名以美国为基地的活动家,香港当局以100万美元的赏金通缉他。
A Hong Kong man, Kwok Yin-sang, was sentenced to eight months in prison under the city’s national security law for attempting to withdraw funds from an education insurance policy he bought for his daughter, Anna Kwok, a U.S.-based activist wanted by Hong Kong authorities with a $1 million bounty.
这是根据2024年《香港国家安全法》针对海外民主倡导者家庭成员的第一个已知案件,该法将处理与被视为“bassconders”的个人有关的资产的行为定为犯罪。 Kwok不认罪,不表示悔恨,但因行为而被定罪的检察官表示支持其女儿作为被通缉者的地位。
This marks the first known case targeting a family member of an overseas pro-democracy advocate under Hong Kong’s 2024 national security law, which criminalizes handling assets linked to individuals deemed “absconders.” Kwok, who pleaded not guilty and showed no remorse, was convicted for actions prosecutors said supported his daughter’s status as a wanted person.
Anna Kwok称这些指控毫无根据,是一种跨国镇压,指责当局利用法律机制恐吓持不同政见者及其家属。
Anna Kwok called the charges baseless and a form of transnational repression, accusing authorities of using legal mechanisms to intimidate political dissidents and their families.
此案引起国际关注,关注国家镇压的扩大、香港公民自由的侵蚀以及集体惩罚的运用。
The case has drawn international concern over expanding state repression, the erosion of civil liberties in Hong Kong, and the use of collective punishment.