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Foreign minister Penny Wong says the focus of Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo’s visit to Australia will be on strengthening economic ties between the two countries, on ABC RN this morning.
One of the things we’re focused on is how do we improve our economic ties. Obviously, the nation is an increasing economic power and will be over the next decade. We want to make sure we’re partners in that. So there will be a great focus on the economy and the economic relationship.
You’ll see some big changes to make sure we make business travel easier.

Hong Kong chief executive John Lee said the only way for eight overseas-based Hong Kong activists to end their lives 'on the run' was 'through surrender'. Hong Kong police issued arrest warrants for the activists 24 hours earlier, accusing them of offences including foreign collusion and incitement to secession, and offered rewards of HK$1m (£101,000) for information leading to each possible arrest. The accused activists – based in several countries, including the US, Britain and Australia – are wanted under a national security law that Beijing imposed on Hong Kong in 2020

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In Hong Kong, wanted suspects can fetch a high price. Information leading to the prosecution of a man accused of murder can lead to a reward of HK$300,000 (£30,200). For two men wanted in connection with an arson case that killed 17 people, the incentive goes up to HK$400,000. But the highest prize goes to those who can help capture eight overseas-based pro-democracy activists who are accused of violating Hong Kong’s national security law. For them, are HK$1m each.
For several of the accused, the warrants came as no surprise. Ted Hui, a former pro-democracy politician who is now living in Australia, was notified in February via his lawyers that a magistrate had issued a warrant for his arrest on national security charges. In 2020, Nathan Law, a former legislator who was granted asylum in the UK, was among six exiled activists who were the first to be targeted by the widely criticised national security law while overseas.

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Australian citizen, who lived in Hong Kong for 20 years before returning last year, is one of eight overseas activists targeted
An Australian citizen targeted by a Hong Kong arrest warrant has vowed not to be silenced, saying he feels an obligation to jailed fellow pro-democracy activists “not to shut up”.
Kevin Yam, a lawyer who lived in Hong Kong for 20 years before returning to Australia last year, was accused by the city’s police on Monday of breaching its sweeping national security law.

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Chinese embassy in London tells UK to ‘stop interfering’ in China’s affairs, as Hong Kong leader says overseas activists will be ‘pursued for life’
China has accused the UK of protecting fugitives after the British foreign secretary criticised Hong Kong’s decision to offer HK$1m bounties for the arrest of eight democracy activists based overseas, as the territory’s leader said the group would be “pursued for life”.
In a statement late on Monday, China’s embassy in London said: “British politicians have openly offered protection for fugitives. This is crude interference in Hong Kong’s rule of law and China’s internal affairs.”

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