Hong Kong, July 4(AseanAll) — John Lee ，Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China on July 4 said he fully supports Police action to offer rewards in relation to eight abscondees who are wanted for allegedly contravening the National Security Law（NSL）.

Making the remarks ahead of on this morning’s Executive Council meeting, Mr Lee stressed the Government would explore all legal means to bring these abscondees to justice.

“I am in support of Police’s action,” he said. “It is not just that this is an important duty they should do, but it is to try to get as much assistance as possible from law-abiding citizens.

“And I also want to tell the criminals that the only way to end their destiny of being an abscondee, who will be pursued for life, is to surrender.”

Mr Lee added: “I have strong faith in Police’s ability to do what they can to carry out their duties. And we will be pursuing the abscondees’ criminal responsibilities for life until they surrender themselves.

“Our action is to tell everybody that endangering national security is not something we will tolerate. We will do whatever (we can) legally (do) to pursue the responsible persons.

“I am not afraid of any political pressure that is put on us because we do what we believe is right and safeguarding national security is the duty of the people of respective countries.”

A day earlier, on July 3, Hong Kong Police Force’s National Security Department (NSD) announced that eight individuals who had fled overseas and were suspected of violating the Hong Kong National Security Law were wanted.

The eight suspects comprise seven men ­– namely Kevin Yam, Yuan Gong-yi, Kwok Wing-hang, Hui Chi-fung, Mung Siu-tat, Lau Cho-dik and Law Kwun-chung – and one woman, Kwok Fung-yee.  Police said all eight are alleged to have committed such offences as incitement to secession, subversion, incitement to subversion, and collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security.