Hong Kong, China — A Hong Kong democracy activist who made a failed escape to Taiwan by speedboat was charged with a national security crime on Wednesday, a day after he was returned to the city by Chinese police.
Andy Li, 30, was one of 12 “speedboat fugitives” who were picked up by Chinese coastguard last August as they made a bid to escape charges linked to taking part in 2019’s democracy protests.
They were jailed in mainland China for illegal border crossing and eight of them were returned to Hong Kong custody on Monday after serving their sentences.
On Wednesday police said Li had now been charged with colluding with foreign forces, one of the crimes outlawed in a sw…
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