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Hong Kong: Political Prisoners

Commons · Question 28405 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 14 Sep 2026

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Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Hong Kong authorities on the conviction of Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan for incitement to subversion following their commemoration

Answer

Answered by Chris Elmore, 14 Sep 2026

As the Minister for the Indo-Pacific said in her statement of 21 August, the convictions of Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan are a further demonstration that even peaceful acts of remembrance in Hong Kong are now treated by the authorities as threats to n...