Nathan Law: Police raid family home of exiled Hong Kong activist

Hong Kong constabulary person raided the household location of Nathan Law, a starring pro-democracy activistic successful exile successful the UK.

Local media reported that Mr Law's parents and 1 of his brothers were besides taken distant for questioning.

The raid comes a week aft authorities issued a HK$1m (£99,100; US$127,800) bounty for his arrest, arsenic good arsenic for that of 7 different activists.

Mr Law, who fled to the UK successful 2020 wherever helium was granted governmental asylum, is yet to remark connected the developments.

Hong Kong authorities connected 3 July issued apprehension warrants and rewards for accusation starring to the seizure of Mr Law and 7 different Hong Kong governmental activists surviving successful exile.

The 8 activists targeted are accused of colluding with overseas forces - a transgression that tin transportation a condemnation of beingness successful prison. The offence comes nether Hong Kong's draconian information law, which was imposed 3 years agone aft wide pro-democracy protests took spot successful the erstwhile British territory successful 2019.

The countries successful which the activists unrecorded - the UK, the US and Australia - bash not person extradition treaties with China, and person condemned the bid from Hong Kong authorities.

However, astatine slightest 5 radical with connections to the activists person been arrested successful Hong Kong since the announcement.

Mr Law is 1 of the astir salient figures successful Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, and was 1 of the unofficial leaders of the 2019 demonstrations.

After fleeing Hong Kong successful 2020, helium had issued a connection saying helium had chopped disconnected each ties with his family.

He told the BBC past week helium felt his concern was "relatively safe" successful the UK, but helium would person to beryllium much vigilant arsenic a effect of the bounty's announcement.

"There could perchance beryllium idiosyncratic successful the UK - oregon anyplace other - to supply informations of maine to (the Hong Kong authorities). For example, my whereabouts, wherever they could perchance extradite maine erstwhile I'm transiting successful definite countries," Mr Law said.

"All these things whitethorn enactment my beingness successful to unsafe situations if I'm not cautious capable of who I conscionable oregon wherever I go. It makes maine person to unrecorded successful a much cautious life."