HONG KONG - Hong Kong police said they will track down and arrest ex-lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung who absconded during a trial.

Police said they strongly condemned any attempt to evade legal responsibility and will track down the whereabouts of the fugitive through different legal channels and bring him back to face trial.

The HKSAR government and police strongly condemned any attempt to evade legal responsibility

The Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government also said that everyone should be responsible for their own actions, including taking legal responsibility.

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The HKSAR government strongly condemned any act of abandoning bail and escaping from legal responsibility, and said relevant departments will follow up the case and arrest the suspect.

Arrested several times in recent months, Hui faces at least nine charges in three criminal cases related to alleged improper behavior at the Legislative Council and for his role in last year’s social unrest. 

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Hui was granted bail in a court hearing on Nov 6, during which he faced charges for interrupting the proceedings of the LegCo by splashing foul-smelling liquid. The bail allows him to leave the city for the purposes of work. After a three-day official visit in Denmark, Hui, on the evening of Dec 3, announced on social media that he was seeking exile abroad, but hadn’t yet decided in which country he would seek to stay. 

Several local activists, who are charged with various crimes in Hong Kong, have fled the city and sought asylum in overseas countries and regions, including Nathan Law Kwun-chung, who fled to the United Kingdom shortly after implementation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong on June 30.