The Hong Kong government “strongly condemned” self-exiled activist Ted Hui Chi-fung in a statement on Monday for intimidating government officials and obstructing the course of justice by appealing to the public to carry out doxxing against public officers who handled his case.

In the statement, the government condemned Hui for disseminating a list of public officers who handled his criminal charge under the National Security Law and called on the public to provide their personal information. He further appealed to foreign governments to sanction these public officers to disallow them from immigrating easily. These officers include judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers. The government spokesman said that his action may attract criminal liability under the offense of “collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security” of Article 29 of the Hong Kong National Security Law. The spokesman further contended that Hui’s behavior evidences the need to protect public officers and their families from doxxing or harassment through a local security legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law.

In response, Hui said that all information that he posted on social media is obtainable from the public domain of the Government Telephone Directory. He further contended that the names of public officers do not constitute personal information.

Hui was a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council. He has been wanted by the Hong Kong government since July 2023 for suspected offenses of “incitement to secession”, “incitement to subversion” and “collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security” under the National Security Law. The Hong Kong Police Force alleged that he was involved in initiating the 2021 Hong Kong Charter, which advocated for the repeal of the National Security Law and respect for the democratic self-determination of Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Previously in February, the Hong Kong Department of Justice filed a bankruptcy petition against Hui for failing to pay legal costs to the government according to a court order. The court then granted him a default judgment due to his absence from the hearing.