Pro-democracy advocate says Australia should prepare to lay future sanctions against Hong Kong officials

Australian lawyer and China bounty target Kevin Yam still believes it is important to pursue diplomacy with Beijing

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An Australian citizen who the Hong Kong authorities have vowed to “pursue for life” has risked further ire from Beijing by calling on the Australian government to consider future sanctions against Chinese officials.

Kevin Yam, one of eight overseas-based pro-democracy advocates accused of “encouraging sanctions … to destroy Hong Kong”, said the city’s descent into increasingly repressive rule had been “gut-wrenching”.

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