Hong Kong – Hong Kong police on Tuesday accused a mobile game application of defending the armed revolution and promoting secessionist agendas, claiming that those who publish or share it with others online may risk raping national security laws.
The announcement – the first to publicly denounce a game application – indicates that the authorities are expanding the repression which followed anti -government demonstrations in 2019. The authorities have crushed or reduced the silencer of many dissident votes through prosecution under the national law of national security imposed by Beijing and a similar law and welcomed by law last year.
In a statement, the police warned the residents not to download the application “overturned front: joodfire”, saying that people with the installed application could be considered as having a publication with a seditious intention.
They also warned people to provide financial assistance to the Developer of the Application, in particular by making integrated purchases.
“” Inversed Front: Bonfire “was published under the guise of a game in order to promote secessionist agendas such as” Taiwan Independence “and” Hong Kong Independence “, advocating the armed revolution and the overthrow of the fundamental system of the People’s Republic of China,” said police.
The game application was developed by ESC Taiwan, who did not immediately respond to the request for comments from the Associated Press. On the application’s Facebook page, the developer published an increase in research on the game name and an information report by Hong Kong Broadcaster on Tuesday’s development.
Depending on the introduction of the application, players can assume the role of rebel factions of Hong Kong, Tibet, Uighur, Taiwan or Cathays, among others, to overthrow the Communist regime. They can also choose to lead the Communists to defeat all enemies.
The game website indicates that it “is a work of non-fiction. Any similarity with real agencies, politicians or ethnic groups of PRC in this game is intentional. ”
Tuesday evening, the application was still available on the Apple App Store but not on the Google Play Store. The game editor last month said that Google Play had shot the application because it does not prohibit users from adopting hateful language in the name.
Apple, Google and Meta did not comment immediately.
After playing the game for about three months, Kuo Hao Fu in Taiwan said he had found that his content used a humorous approach to describe serious political problems. Fu did not agree with the police accusations, saying that players can also choose to be part of the force representing China.
“The actions of the Hong Kong police demonstrate how Hong Kong’s democratic freedoms were controlled by the Chinese Communist Party,” he said. “When even this level cannot be tolerated, it completely destroys freedom of creation in games.”
China considers its own territory to Taiwan, as being under its control by force if necessary. Many Taiwanese on the self-hiscus island have shown concerns about the decline in Hong Kong freedoms in the influence of Beijing.
The governments of Beijing and Hong Kong insist that the laws on national security of the city were necessary to return stability to the city after the demonstrations.
