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Hong Kong cancels passports of six pro-democracy activists in exile in UK

Former Hong Kong legislator and pro-democracy activist Nathan Law poses for a photograph in London, August 18, 2023 [Henry Nicholls/ AFP]

Hong Kong has cancelled the passports of six pro-democracy activists who are in exile overseas under its newly-enacted domestic security law, calling them “lawless wanted criminals”.

The government said that in addition to the cancellation of the “absconders'” travel documents, the six were also banned from any business dealings in Hong Kong, including financial transactions from cash to gold.

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