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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Henry Belot

Melbourne residents receive letter offering $200k for information on Hong Kong pro-democracy activist

A letter and a photograph of Kevin Yam, a pro-democracy activist living in Australia and wanted for national security crimes in Hong Kong.
A UK phone number included at the bottom of the ‘wanted’ letter offering a bounty for information about Kevin Yam has been linked to the Hong Kong police force. Photograph: Supplied

A small number of Melbourne residents have received anonymous letters purporting to offer a police bounty of $203,000 if they inform on Kevin Yam, an Australian citizen and pro-democracy activist wanted for alleged national security crimes in Hong Kong, linking him to two nearby locations.

A spokesperson for the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, told Guardian Australia the letter was “deeply worrying” and that the matter would be raised directly with officials from China and Hong Kong.

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