Relatives of Former Hong Kong District Councilor Detained by Chinese City’s National Security Police

Despite her family in Hong Kong being interrogated by the national security police, Carmen Lau said she will ‘continue fighting for democracy.’

Police keep watch over Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour as the city marks the 27th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China, on July 1, 2024. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images

The Hong Kong Police Force’s National Security Department (NSD) on Feb. 10 detained the aunt and uncle of former Hong Kong district councilor Carmen Lau (Lau Ka-man), who’s now living in exile in the UK.

Lau, who fled Hong Kong in 2021 amid political persecution by Beijing for being elected in 2019 as a pro-democracy district councilor in the city, had just participated in a Feb. 8 rally in London to protest the proposed construction of a new Chinese Communist Party (CCP) embassy on a London heritage site.