PRESS RELEASE

 Toronto

July 4, 2023

 Yesterday the Hong Kong Authority posted arrest notices and a 1 million dollar Hong Kong bounty($127,000 U.S.) for eight former Hong Kong citizens now living in exile in various countries. Those countries include the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.  

Various Hong Kong groups, including Honk Kong Watch and its CEO Benedict Rogers and author of The China Nexus, Thirty Years in and Around the Communist Party’s Tyranny, had this to say about the actions of this brutal regime.

“We condemn this outrageous attempt by the Hong Kong National Security Police to target, intimidate, and silence pro-democracy activists and lawmakers living overseas.

It is no coincidence that these warrants and bounties have been issued two days after the third anniversary of the imposition of the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong by Beijing.”

Yet the U.K. government and many others remained silent in an apparent attempt to appease Beijing to continue to trade with a dictatorship that has no interest in civic, social or human rights. Can corporations and governments in the free world continue to sweep the issues and mounting evidence surrounding the treatment of citizens in China that express any desire for a voice, autonomy or self-rule? Or should we ignore those global citizens who share our values for peace, freedom and democracy and do business as usual? 

Nathan Law wrote the Preface to Roger’s book, and Finn Lau wrote the foreword to the upcoming The Mosaic Effect, both published by Optimum. Benedict Rogers is available to discuss the actions of the HK Authority, its implications and how governments should react.

Contact Dean Baxendale at 647 970 1973 or publicty@optimumpublishinginternational.com to arrange an interview.

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