Steve Li Kwai-Wah
Steve Li Kwai-Wah | |||
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Steve Li Kwai-Wah (:zh:李桂華|李桂華) is a senior superintendent in the Hong Kong Police Force.[1]
Arrests
In September 2020, Li announced the arrest of a university student and his mother, who were arrested in suspicion of selling weapons over the internet.[2] Li said that the police had also discovered that the pair "had a large amount of digital illustrations calling for independence and spreading hatred."[2] SCMP reported that the illustrations allegedly contained phrases such as "resist communism."[2]
In December 2020, Li announced the arrest of 8 men in connection with a peaceful demonstration at Chinese University of Hong Kong|CUHK.[3] Li said that "There were some criminal damage cases around, inside the campus. Mainly have some pro-Hong Kong Independence wording painted on some premises inside."[3] Additionally, Li said that "Throughout the one-hour procession inside the campus, some of them were shouting slogans that were pro-Hong Kong independence and displaying banners that also involved pro-Hong Kong independence - that's the reason we made the arrests."[4]
In January 2021, Li announced the January 2021 arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists|arrest of 53 pro-democracy figures.[5][6] Li said at a press conference that the figures were trying to organize strategic voting in the Legislative Council, which intended to "handicap" the government and amounted to subversion.[5][7]
Sanctions
On 9 November 2020, Li was sanctioned by the United States under Executive Order 13936 for his role in implementing and enforcing the Hong Kong national security law|National Security Law.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
References
- ↑ AFP (2020-11-10). "US hits four more officials over Hong Kong freedoms". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Pair held for weapons suspected of inciting secession, National Day rally banned". South China Morning Post. 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Hong Kong police confirm 8 arrested for unlawful assembly and 'inciting secession' during peaceful CUHK campus demo". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ↑ "Hong Kong Police Security Unit Arrests Eight Over Campus Protest". Bloomberg.com. 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Hong Kong police say 53 were arrested for trying to use strategic voting to win election, veto budget & shut down gov't". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ↑ News, A. B. C. "Hong Kong police arrest over 50 opposition figures, including American lawyer, in national security crackdown". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Dozens of Hong Kong democracy figures arrested over security law". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ↑ "Designations of Four PRC and HK Officials Threatening the Peace, Security, and Autonomy of HK". U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong & Macau. 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ↑ "Syria Designations; Syria-related Designations; Hong Kong-related Designations | U.S. Department of the Treasury". home.treasury.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
- ↑ "US sanctions 4 Chinese nationals for implementing security law, dismantling HK autonomy". in.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
- ↑ "US issues more China sanctions over Hong Kong crackdown". South China Morning Post. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
- ↑ "US imposes more sanctions over China's Hong Kong crackdown". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
- ↑ "Latest U.S. Sanctions Show Trump Isn't Finished Hitting China". Bloomberg.com. 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
- ↑ Brunnstrom, Humeyra Pamuk, David (2020-11-10). "U.S. imposes sanctions on four Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ World, Republic. "US sanctions 4 Chinese nationals for undermining Hong Kong's autonomy". Republic World. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
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