Moolenaar Statement on the CCP’s “Reprehensible” Prosecution of Dissident’s Father

China has convicted Kwok Yin-sang, the father of Hong Kong dissident Anna Kwok, under a new national security law.

“The CCP’s prosecution of a dissident's father in an attempt to pressure his daughter is reprehensible. This is blatant transnational repression that is meant to intimidate and bully a courageous woman who spoke out against the CCP’s tyranny. I stand with the Kwok family and all of the dissidents in Hong Kong who are working for freedom and liberty,” said Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China.

Anna Kwok is a pro-democracy leader from Hong Kong who lives in exile from the Chinese government. In 2023, the government put a bounty of one million Hong Kong dollars on Kwok for her arrest.

Targeting relatives for the peaceful advocacy of their family members is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes, not free societies governed by the rule of law. This case further demonstrates that the Chinese Communist Party is willing to weaponize Hong Kong’s legal system to silence dissent.

The Select Committee stands in solidarity with Anna Kwok and with the many Hong Kongers who continue to face intimidation, arbitrary detention, and politically motivated prosecution. The erosion of Hong Kong’s autonomy and rule of law is a direct breach of Beijing’s international commitments and a threat to democratic values worldwide.