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Hong Kong democracy activist in Vancouver, as bounty issued for arrest

Ottawa ‘gravely concerned’ by Hong Kong seeking to apply national security law outside its territory
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Hong Kong democracy activist Elmer Yuen shows his Hong Kong passport during an interview in Vancouver on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. The Hong Kong government has offered a $170,000 reward for Yuen’s arrest, accusing him of national security offences.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nono Shen

A democracy activist who is in Vancouver, B.C., to promote his plan for a Hong Kong parliament in exile said he was unafraid after the Chinese territory issued a bounty for his arrest over the proposal.

Elmer Yuen nevertheless called on the Canadian government to abolish its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, in light of the $170,000 rewards offered for the arrests of Yuen and seven other activists in the United States, Britain, and Australia.

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