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US Activist Accused of Breaching HK's Security Law Says he Will Not Back Down

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   Samuel Chu, one of six activists now living overseas who Hong Kong has
   reportedly issued arrest warrants for under its new national security
   law, has told VOA he will not stop fighting for democracy for Hong
   Kong.

   According to China's state television, Chu, an American citizen
   originally from Hong Kong who has lived in the United States for 30
   years, and five other Hong Kongers who have fled the city for political
   reasons, are wanted by Hong Kong police for allegedly "inciting
   secession and collusion with foreign forces to endanger national
   security."

   Chu, 42, is a founder and managing director of Washington-based Hong
   Kong Democracy Council, which has lobbied the U.S. government to take
   action on China for the erosion of Hong Kong's democracy.

   The Hong Kong police and government have not officially confirmed the
   news. Hong Kong's top leader, Carrie Lam, said Saturday it was
   "inconvenient" to comment on the enforcement of the national security
   law but said opposition to the Hong Kong or Chinese governments "is not
   a way out."

   The five others include Nathan Law, a pro-democracy campaigner and
   ousted lawmaker who recently fled to Britain, Simon Cheng, a former
   British consular staffer who was granted asylum in Britain after
   alleging he was tortured in China, and activist Ray Wong.

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