Hong Kong police seize $10m in donations intended for protesters
Police accused of smear tactics after raiding non-profit that supports protests, alleging money-laundering
Hong Kong police have frozen HK$70m ($10m) from a major fund to help pro-democracy protesters, and arrested its four members, accusing them of money laundering.
Police said their investigation focused on Spark Alliance, a non-profit online platform formed in 2016 that collects donations to provide support to political critics of the city’s pro-Beijing authorities.