Pandora Papers leak reinforces need for an audit of Hong Kong officials’ assets in Canada and the U.K.

Those responsible for the wanton destruction of Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedoms should be targeted with coordinated Magnitsky sanctions, write Conservative Senator Leo Housakos and former U.K. MP Lord David Alton.

Riot police fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of demonstrators in May 2020, who were chanting slogans and waving banners against China's plans to impose a new security law on the territory. Unsplash photograph by Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR LEO HOUSAKOS AND LORD DAVID ALTON

October 22, 2021

The release of the Pandora Papers has once again fixed the world’s attention on the financial assets and tax arrangements of the rich and powerful. Covering almost 12 million documents, the papers include revelations concerning the tax affairs of two of Hong Kong’s former chief executives and re...

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