Hong Kong issued an order to arrest him, but Vancuvit does not worry

Last week, Hong Kong issued arrest orders for 19 activists abroad, and all members of a group called Hong Kong parliamentary, which strengthens the self -determination in Hong Kong and the creation of a constitution in Hong Kong.

But Hong Kong claims that the group uses illegal means to overthrow institutions in China.

Among 19 Victor Ho, a Canadian citizen and a journalist based in Vancouver and works in the British Columbia edition of Tao Daily’s singing in Hong Kong.

Ho said this is not the first time that he has faced an arrest warrant from Hong Kong. A judicial order was issued in 2021, and again in December 2024.

He said this is the last arrest order that was expected.

Talk to CBC’s On the coast Gloria McCarinko’s host.

This interview was released for length and clarity.

Victor, how did you hear about this?

I learned this message from social media last Thursday evening when I was attending a concert in the center of Vancouver.

It is a little strange feeling. How can Canadian be required by the Hong Kong government three times? The first time is 2021. The second is last December – the Hong Kong government gave a million dollars from Hong Kong dollars for me.

Are you worried? Are you afraid at all?

No, because this is the third time.

The Canadian government has approached me several times after the first time I wanted the Hong Kong government, including global affairs in Canada, including CSIS including RCMP. Even the Ministry of Public Safety, approached me. They had different information for me about my personal safety, about my immediate danger. They have a lot of information to advise me not to go to countries with handover treaties with Hong Kong. They are trying to protect me and ask me what they can do to make me feel safe.

What about the accusations here? Police says your group has sought to overthrow the governments of China and Hong Kong by illegal means. How do you respond to that?

In my opinion, this is not appropriate. This is not appropriate. We just express our willingness to regulate the global voting right of Hong Kong members abroad and in the appropriate Hong Kong. So a group of people abroad in Hong Kong is trying to organize in the style of the People’s Democracy to say that Hong Kong people have the right to self -determination, and their sovereignty should be honored. Therefore, we are trying to achieve these rights, democratic rights only. I don’t think we have enough authority to overthrow the government.

What about your friends, even the family in Hong Kong? How is life for them there?

In fact, I cut all relationships, and all ties with my family members in Hong Kong last year. This was my suggestion to cut. I don’t want to involve them. I do not want the police to come to the threshold of their doors and ask them a lot of questions. I just cut all the connection. Even the phone.

I have a lot of relatives in Hong Kong. I have eight sisters and brothers.

I did not receive any bad news from my family in Hong Kong. So far, so good. But I hope they will not find any evidence of my relatives in Hong Kong because I left my original family in the early twenties. For more than 40 years, I do not have very close links with them so that they cannot find evidence that disturbs my relatives there.

Why do many of them remain, in light of what you described this afternoon? Why don’t they leave as you have?

There are various reasons: due to financial ability, due to their relationships with relatives in China, the mainland. Some of my older brothers have wives from China the mainland. So cultural communication cannot be easily cut on their point of view. So I understand their situation.

I immigrated to Canada because of my career. I know the sensitivity of my professional life for a communist regime. They do not like any journalists, so after a discussion with my wife, we decided to leave Hong Kong in 1997 to play safely.