“I think the bounty is ridiculous and hilarious,” Hui said.
“It can only be a high-profile gesture without any legal effects.
“Free countries will not extradite us because of that.
“It only shows how powerless the CCP is in response to the Hong Kong diaspora who advocates for freedom and democracy.”
The other activists named by Hong Kong police and who are based in the UK and US include other exiled politicians Nathan Law and Dennis Kwok,activists Finn Lau,Anna Kwok,and Elmer Yuan,and unionist Mung Siu-tat.
“The eight persons concerned who have fled overseas are alleged to have continued to commit offences under the national security law,” a government spokesperson said in a statement Monday.
“The fugitives should not have any delusion that they could evade their legal liabilities by absconding from Hong Kong.”