Hong Kong invokes new law to cancel passports of six UK-based activists

Former employee at the British consulate in Hong Kong Simon Cheng is one of the six dissidents cited (AP)

The Hong Kong government has cancelled the passports of six overseas-based activists under the new national security law, stepping up its crackdown on dissidents who moved abroad.

Those affected were former pro-democracy legislator Nathan Law, unionist Mung Siu-tat and activists Simon Cheng, Finn Lau, Johnny Fok and Tony Choi – all accused of endangering national security by the authorities.