Event Summary
Following the issuance of arrest warrants and bounties on 25 July 2025 for 19 overseas activists affiliated with the “Hong Kong Parliament,” national security police in Hong Kong began summoning family members of those targeted for questioning. On 13 August 2025, Alan Keung’s father was taken in to assist investigations, and on 19 August 2025, Chin Po-fun’s sister was summoned to Tuen Mun police station. Both activists, currently overseas, are among the 15 individuals with HK$200,000 bounties for their involvement in the shadow legislature’s May 2025 elections. In response, Keung’s father publicly severed ties with him through a newspaper statement, distancing the family from his political activities. Chin Po-fun, a UK-based retiree and former Correctional Services Department employee, left Hong Kong in 2022 after joining the opposition party People Power. These summonses mark an escalation in pressure tactics, extending national security enforcement beyond activists themselves to their family networks. This approach imposes psychological strain and potential legal risk on relatives, signaling a broader strategy to deter overseas dissent. The targeting of family members undermines the enabling environment for civil society by shrinking the space for political expression and creating fear among diaspora communities and their connections in Hong Kong.