Police National Security Department mounts enforcement action
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The Secretary for Security on December 24, 2024, exercised the powers conferred by the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance to specify seven absconded fugitives, including Kwok Fung-yee, for being suspected of having committed offences endangering national security, and to specify the measures to be applied against the relevant absconders by notices published in the Gazette. Investigations revealed that the two arrested persons assisted Kwok Fung-yee in changing the details of an insurance policy and attempted to withdraw its remaining value.
The NSD laid a charge against the 68-year-old man today (May 2) with one count of "attempting to deal with, directly or indirectly, any funds or other financial assets or economic resources belonging to, or owned or controlled by, a relevant absconder", the case will be mentioned at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts this afternoon. The other arrested man was released on bail pending further investigations.
Police remind members of the public that dealing with funds belonging to a relevant absconder is a serious crime. Offenders shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years on first conviction. Members of the public are urged not to defy the law.
Ends/Friday, May 2, 2025
Issued at HKT 14:17
Issued at HKT 14:17
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