Beijing’s national security authorities in Hong Kong launched a joint operation with local counterparts to investigate a case of suspected collusion with foreign forces on Thursday.
The investigation is the first publicly known joint operation by Beijing’s national security arm in the city and the local police force.
According to authorities, six people and an organisation were suspected of having committed the offence of “collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security” under the Beijing-decreed national security law between November 2020 and June 2024.
Beijing’s Office for Safeguarding National Security, with its director’s approval, requested assistance and support from the city’s national security police in arranging interviews with the people involved in the case, the government said on Thursday.
National security police also raided the residences of six people and the organisation’s office in a commercial building in Kwai Chung. Seized items included bank documents and devices, they added.
They also conducted interviews with the people involved in the case and required them to surrender their travel documents according to notices issued by the court.
