00:01Exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Anna Kwok is calling for the release of her father,
00:06who was sentenced to eight months in prison in the first national security case involving an activist family member.
00:13This is the first case, but it is not going to be the last case.
00:17So what is happening is the Hong Kong government wants to send a very strong warning and signal to all
00:23activists abroad,
00:25including Hong Kongers who may want to become activists one day.
00:28That if they did that, if they did speak out for Hong Kong, if they did dare to talk about
00:34the truth in Hong Kong,
00:35the Hong Kong government will go after your family in Hong Kong.
00:40According to the court, 69-year-old Kwok In-sung attempted to cash in on an insurance policy bought for
00:46his daughter,
00:47who was wanted by Hong Kong authorities.
00:49It's illegal under the city's national security law to handle financial assets for, quote, absconders.
00:54His daughter, Anna, says she was barred from contacting her family during the investigation, calling it transnational repression.
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