Hong Kong Activist Agnes Chow Enters Police DPO, Will Be Pursued For Life Except For Surrender

Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow (Youtube screenshot @NHKWORLDJAPAN)

JAKARTA - The Hong Kong Police have included pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow who failed to pay bail and fled to Canada on the 'people search list' (DPO). He will be pursued for life unless he surrenders. A senior Hong Kong police officer condemned Chow's embarrassing act. "No fugitive thinks he can avoid criminal responsibility by leaving his area," he said at a press conference quoted from Kyodo-OANA via Antara, Wednesday, February 7. Chow said in December he would leave the British colony to study in Canada and had no plans to return two years after his release from prison where he served a sentence for inciting illegal protests in 2019. Chow was supposed to report back to Hong Kong at the end of December but did not.

Japanese media dubbed Chow as "Dewi Democracy" because of Japanese language skills that are fluent in autodidact results and are active through social media that have helped him become popular in Japan.