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HK Police raid homeless hostels and freeze the bank account of a grassroot charity church
Source: Stand News #Dec9
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HK Police raid homeless hostels and freeze the bank account of a grassroot charity church
Source: Stand News #Dec9
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#PoliticalProsecution #AssetFreezing
HK Police raid homeless hostels and freeze the bank account of a grassroot charity church
On December 9, 2020, the Hong Kong police raided the Good Neighbour North District church, a registered charity, in its Kwun Tong branch and searched its Fanling church.
Police officers arrested two staff members on the site and issued a wanted order to the Church’s pastor, Ray Chan Hoi-hing and his wife.
Hours later pastor Chan said #HSBC had frozen the bank accounts of him, his wife and the church.
While the Hong Kong police did not respond to a request for comment on the church incident, HSBC said it was unable to comment on matters related to specific accounts.
The church, known for actively providing humanitarian aid to pro-democracy protesters, posted on its Facebook that the freezing of their account was an “act of political retaliation”.
Pastor Chan said HSBC had become “a tool for the regime’s attempt to take political revenge via economic oppression”.
In an open letter to HSBC, the church urged the bank to unfreeze the accounts saying the HSBC accounts were their only accounts, and their freezing would lead to the termination of its hostel services for homeless people in Hong Kong.
Chan and other members of grassroots church groups were frequent attendees at Hong Kong’s mass protests, acting as peacekeepers to protect the young protesters from police violence, as well as intervening any protest violence.
They have also assisted young people going through the court system on protest-related charges.
Source: Stand News #Dec9
#NationalSecurityLaw
#GoodNeighbourNorthDistrictChurch #SafeguardOurGeneration
HK Police raid homeless hostels and freeze the bank account of a grassroot charity church
On December 9, 2020, the Hong Kong police raided the Good Neighbour North District church, a registered charity, in its Kwun Tong branch and searched its Fanling church.
Police officers arrested two staff members on the site and issued a wanted order to the Church’s pastor, Ray Chan Hoi-hing and his wife.
Hours later pastor Chan said #HSBC had frozen the bank accounts of him, his wife and the church.
While the Hong Kong police did not respond to a request for comment on the church incident, HSBC said it was unable to comment on matters related to specific accounts.
The church, known for actively providing humanitarian aid to pro-democracy protesters, posted on its Facebook that the freezing of their account was an “act of political retaliation”.
Pastor Chan said HSBC had become “a tool for the regime’s attempt to take political revenge via economic oppression”.
In an open letter to HSBC, the church urged the bank to unfreeze the accounts saying the HSBC accounts were their only accounts, and their freezing would lead to the termination of its hostel services for homeless people in Hong Kong.
Chan and other members of grassroots church groups were frequent attendees at Hong Kong’s mass protests, acting as peacekeepers to protect the young protesters from police violence, as well as intervening any protest violence.
They have also assisted young people going through the court system on protest-related charges.
Source: Stand News #Dec9
#NationalSecurityLaw
#GoodNeighbourNorthDistrictChurch #SafeguardOurGeneration