“I am writing to give you a quick update about your neighbour the Sanctimonious Benedict Rogers and his futile attempt to destabilise Hong Kong/China with his hatred of the Chinese people and our political system.” Thus read a letter sent to Benedict Rogers and his neighbours in London this summer. The letter was postmarked from Hong Kong. It contained screenshots of Rogers, who runs human rights NGO and website Hong Kong Watch, at a recent Hong Kong Watch event. And it was the second such letter he and his neighbours had received in recent months. A separate letter went to his mother, who lives in Dorset, south-west England. Read the full article
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From Hong Kong with love: the threatening letters being delivered to UK mailboxes (New Statesman, 4 September 2018)
“I am writing to give you a quick update about your neighbour the Sanctimonious Benedict Rogers and his futile attempt to destabilise Hong Kong/China with his hatred of the Chinese people and our political system.” Thus read a letter sent to Benedict Rogers and his neighbours in London this summer. The letter was postmarked from Hong Kong. […]
04 Sep 18
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