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passports, they would be able to disregard the long term effects their policies may have on Hong Kong, thus cancelling their passports would force them to reconsider the potential harm in legislating the anti-extradition bill. The concept of Lam Chau since then went popular among protesters, with many citing the line in
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On 1 January 2020, Finn was arrested in the 2020 New Year's Day March but was released after being detained for 48 hours, as the police did not know at that time that he was a member of Stand with Hong Kong but thought he was a common protester. After being released, Finn returned to London, where he
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and gained attention for it. He called for the citizens to request foreign governments to cancel the passports of Hong Kong government officials, pro-China personnel, and their families. He reasoned that as many of the Hong Kong government officials and pro-China legislators were holding foreign
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was working as a surveyor, and continued his activism there. In August 2020, an arrest warrant for Lau was issued under the newly promulgated
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