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On Jan. 13, the National Security Department of the police went to the residence of the president and CEO of the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (HKPORI), Robert Chung Ting-yiu, suspecting his assistance to fugitives, and took him away for further investigation.
Chung has long been accused of secretly colluding with anti-China and anti-Hong Kong forces. The organization he heads, the HKPORI, was formerly known as the "Public Opinion Programme of the University of Hong Kong," established in June 1991. In July 2019, the organization suddenly separated from the University of Hong Kong and became a so-called "independent institution." Reports have indicated that during the 2012 Legislative Council elections, the organization received £50,000 from the "Internet Watch Foundation" for conducting surveys; in 2016, the organization received funding from the "National Endowment for Democracy" (NED) and the "National Democratic Institute" to conduct surveys for the 2016 Legislative Council elections, creating so-called "public opinion" favorable to anti-China and anti-Hong Kong elements.
During the 2019 anti-government protests and the 2014 illegal "Occupy Central" period, Chung repeatedly initiated so-called "civil referendums," claiming that his "independent" investigations reflected that 90% of citizens supported Hong Kong's universal suffrage following "international standards."
The former Vice CEO of the HKPORI, Chung Kim-wah, was put on a wanted list by the National Security Department of the police last month with a bounty of HK$1 million, on suspicion of incitement to secession and colluding with foreign or external forces to endanger national security. Sources have indicated that Robert Chung Ting-yiu was taken by the police for investigation on suspicion of assisting the fugitive Chung Kim-wah, hence the need for evidence collection.
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