Hong Kong: well-known human rights defender arrested
Albert Ho during his arrest in Hong Kong on March 21, 2023. REUTERS - TYRONE SIU
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Albert Ho already faces ten years in prison for "inciting subversion" under the national security law. He was released on bail in August 2022.
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While his trial for inciting subversion is underway, Albert Ho is this time accused of "interfering with witnesses" while he was out on bail, according to a police source quoted by AFP, who requested anonymity.
Ho already faces up to ten years in prison for "inciting subversion" under Beijing's national security law on Hong Kong in 2020 after sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in the city. He was released on bail after almost a year in detention. Under conditions of course: there is no question of making remarks that undermine national security. Breaking the rules can trigger immediate arrest, according to Hong Kong law.
Serial arrests
The 71-year-old lawyer once led the Hong Kong Alliance, a now-dissolved group that for more than 30 years held annual vigils to commemorate the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.
Albert Ho's arrest is the latest in a series that has seen, among others, his brother Fred Ho also arrested under the National Security Act. He is also a lawyer and represented labour rights defender Elizabeth Tang Yin-Ngor. The general secretary of the International Domestic Workers Federation was arrested on suspicion of "collusion with foreign forces". She was also released on bail, but her sister and Fred Ho were also arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt justice. They have also since been released on bail.
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