Hong Kong police say they have frozen about $9 million in funds raised by anti-government protesters, and arrested four members of a prominent fundraising group on allegations of money laundering
Chan Wai-kei, the acting superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Narcotics Bureau's financial investigation division, said Thursday that police also seized about $16,700 in cash, 3,300 supermarket coupons, two lasers pointers, six arrows and"a lot" of protective gear. The four were taken in on money laundering offenses, Chan said.Chan said the four suspects were connected to the Spark Alliance, a nonprofit formed in 2016 that helps arrested protesters to pay their legal fees.
in Hong Kong's central business district Friday. Spark Alliance said on its Facebook page in November that it was closing its account, but did not explain why. said in a statement that its decision to close the account was"unrelated" to the situation in Hong Kong."Whenever we spot activity differing from the stated purpose of the account or we identify unusual transactions, we will work with our customers to obtain the right information. Over the last few months in working with the customer these requirements were not met and therefore we closed their account," the bank said.
has tightened its anti-money laundering controls and procedures in recent years in the aftermath of a nearly $2 billion settlement it reached with the US government in 2012 over allegations of drug money laundering.The ongoing protests in Hong Kong began in opposition to a bill that would have allowed the city to extradite suspected criminals to mainland China, which operates a different legal system. Millions took to the streets in June to voice their opposition to the bill.
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