China's 'Long Arm' Reaches Fleeing Dissidents with Financial Coercion

Dissidents who fled China report being targeted with tax threats and other tactics of transnational repression, as UK urged to tackle this growing issue.
China's authoritarian regime is employing a range of financial tactics to coerce and intimidate dissidents who have fled the country, according to a new report. Dissidents like Christopher Mung Siu-tat, executive director at the Hong Kong Labour Rights Monitor, have faced tax bills and other threats from Hong Kong authorities despite living in the UK, highlighting the transnational repression tactics used by Beijing.
Source: The Guardian

