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We want to lobby like-minded countries that support our concept, like the European Union and Canada, he says. We are just giving a platform for the Hong Kong diaspora to have universal suffrage, to vote for MPs to advocate for Hong Kong interests in their respective countries, he explains.

It's just a concept, we are not advocating a revolution, Ho said. We haven't even actually established the group, Ho says, adding the group needs to have an address and chose Toronto. We only announced the establishment of the organizing committee of a virtual Hong Kong parliament, launching our website and social media. Ho says the accusations from China are premature because the parliament in exile is merely a concept.

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If the threats are repeated or if he is harassed, then that changes the dynamic, he said, adding the Canadian Security Intelligence Service could then become involved. Houlden says Canada has a long list of issues with China and it's not practical to raise each one. Gordon Houlden, the director emeritus of the China Institute at the University of Alberta, says China might send people to Canada to watch Victor Ho's activities.įormer diplomat Gordon Houlden agrees and adds the Canadian consulate in Hong Kong may have already tried to express concerns about China infringing on the rights of Canadian citizens.Ĭhina would not be foolish enough to snatch him, said Houlden, who is also director emeritus of the China Institute at the University of Alberta.īut he expects China may send observers to watch Ho in Canada and suggests Ho be very cautious about traveling.

But because China only has mutual legal assistance agreements with a few dozens of countries - and most developed countries or liberal democracies have no agreements with China for deportation and mutual recognition of judicial decisions - its global impacts are still limited. It has created immense chilling effects on people in Hong Kong. CBC EXPLAINS What you need to know about China's new national security law for Hong Kong (new window).Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia, says the national security law is meant to deter international involvement in Hong Kong by threatening to take extraterritorial legal action.

Jie Cheng, associate professor at the Peter A.

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China has approved a contentious law that would allow authorities to crack down on subversive and secessionist activity in Hong Kong, sparking fears that it would be used to curb opposition voices in the semi-autonomous territory.Įmail requests to the Chinese consulate in Toronto to clarify the charge were unanswered. Anyone convicted under this law can face a minimum of 10 years to life in prison.Ī woman walks past a promotional banner of the national security law for Hong Kong, in Hong Kong this summer. They should know about the Hong Kong government warrant, it's in Chinese and English and federal officials should ask the Hong Kong government to clarify about this because it involves a Chinese-Canadian national, Ho says.Ĭhina's government in Beijing enacted the national security law in Hong Kong in July 2020, signaling a growing authoritarian rule over the previously free-wheeling city that was handed back to China 25 years ago. A person can be charged under the vaguely worded law for subversion, secession, sedition and terrorism. In late July, he and two other activists held a news conference in Toronto to announce the formation of a virtual parliament in exile that would be democratically elected by Hong Kong's diaspora living around the world.īut one week later, Ho along with pro-democracy businessman Elmer Yuen, and Baggio Leung, a former Hong Kong lawmaker-elect, were placed on Hong Kong's national security bureau's wanted list for allegedly subverting state power. He's lived in Metro Vancouver for 25 years. Victor Ho, of Richmond, B.C., just south of Vancouver, is the retired editor-in-chief of Canada's Sing Tao Chinese-language newspaper.

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