The Chinese authorities have arrested relatives of a former Hong Kong politician who protested against the new Mega-Megassi of the Communist regime in London.
30-year-old Carmen Lau escaped from his native Hong Kong five years ago and joined 3,000 others at a rally in February against plans to build the 5.5 acres complex near the Tower Bridge.
During a speech during the event, the activist stated that the authorization of China to build a large diplomatic mission sent the “wrong message” that the UK welcomed authoritarian regimes.
However, within 48 hours, Chinese National Security Police have arrested her older aunt and uncle in Hong Kong. They were detained in the morning attacks on their homes and were questioned for six hours before being released.
D -Ja Lau said her relatives were questioned about the relationships she still has for the former British colony. “They wanted to know about the financial relations I had with others in Hong Kong and were interested in my family tree – the other relatives I had in Hong Kong,” she told the mail on Sunday.
Activist escaped from Hong Kong after ‘bullying’
D -Ja Lau believes the police used the information they received to arrest another aunt a week later. She was also questioned for several hours. The activist claims that harassment is an attempt by employees to stop her “anti -Chinese” activities in the UK.
Previously, Mrs. Lau was the Deputy General Secretary of the Civil Party, the second largest pro-Docratic party in Hong Kong, before being forcibly dissolved later. She was also a district advisor.
She resigned on her role as an adviser in 2021, fled the former British colony and sought asylum in the UK after Chinese authorities put her under surveillance.
D -Ja Lau claims that undercover police officers have parked outside her apartment and follow her, while claiming that she has been harassed by security officers and state media.
Authorities in Hong Kong have placed her and five overseas activists in a list of wishes in December.
In February, the neighbors of the Berkshire campaign received a note of grace offering more than 100,000 British pounds for information about G -Ja Lau or anyone who can lure it at the current Chinese Embassy in Merylobon, Central London. The note also accused her of inciting protests and a conspiracy with foreign power against Beijing.
Police detained demonstrators during a protest outside the proposed site of the new Chinese Embassy – Jordan Petit/Pa
If approved, the new mega-e-ejser will be 10 times the current Chinese Embassy and the largest diplomatic mission in the country in Europe.
The website in the former Royal Mint court in East London will include offices, 225 homes and a cultural exchange building.
China bought the site for more than £ 255 million in 2018, but the Tower Hamlets Council rejected plans for the Embassy in 2022.
Chinese employees did not appeal the decision against the background of speculation that the conservative government would at that time support the Council’s decision. However, they were again sent mostly unchanged plans only weeks after the Labor won last year’s general elections.
Torture fears
D -Ja Lau expressed concerns about the underground rooms that will contain the new embassy. Their exact goal was edited on plans for “security reasons”.
She said, “These rooms can be used for interrogations and locking people like us. They can be used to torment our torture.”
During the February protests, chanting “Freedom Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong” and “Mega Embassy, Mega Not” resolved through the crowds. The protesters came from Scotland, Liverpool, Reading and Manchester.
D -Ja Lau said he believes the new embassy will become a “transnational repression” center from China in London.
She also said that the Sofia police had advised her not to attend public gatherings, as she could be attacked and her relatives at home could be at risk.