U.S. Lawyer Convicted Over Police Fight Warns Hong Kong’s Expats
- Samuel Bickett says foreigners could be targeted by officers
- U.S. has said investors face risks over Beijing’s role in city
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An American lawyer sentenced to jail in Hong Kong over a scuffle with a plainclothes officer has warned expatriates living in the Asian financial hub that they could be targeted by police even if they steer clear of politics.
“Some Western observers, particularly in the business community, have minimized the risk to foreigners in Hong Kong of being targeted by the police,” Samuel Bickett wrote on Reddit, referring to national security legislation that China imposed on Hong Kong last year. “But my case shows that the police have no fear of targeting Westerners when it suits them.”