"A high-profile Hong Kong pro-democracy activist living in the UK has been the target of a campaign of harassment involving letters containing fake, sexually explicit images of her sent from China to her neighbours. Carmen Lau, 30, who fled Hong Kong four years ago, told the BBC she was "shocked" as the letters, delivered to addresses in Maidenhead, included her name and images made to look like she was either naked or in underwear and offering sexual services."
"Ms Lau had sought sanctuary in the UK in 2021 after opposition politicians and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong began being arrested following the imposition of a controversial new National Security Law. While in the UK she has frequently criticised China's Communist leadership and has spoken out about China's controversial plans to build a 'mega embassy' in London, warning that it could become a base for trans-national repression of China's critics abroad."
Carmen Lau, 30, a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist who fled to the UK in 2021, was targeted by a campaign of harassment. Letters sent from China to her Maidenhead neighbours included her name and AI-generated or photoshopped sexually explicit images portraying her as naked or offering sexual services. Earlier letters sent to up to a dozen Berkshire neighbours last year purported to be from the police and offered a bounty payment of 95,000 to anyone who would take her and hand her over to the Chinese embassy in London. New letters were sent from the Chinese territory of Macau. Lau has frequently criticised China's leadership and warned that plans for a 'mega embassy' in London could enable transnational repression of China's critics abroad.
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