In 2021, IPVM covered the PRC enacting an "anti-foreign sanctions" law that empowers the country to punish people (and their families) for sparking sanctions against the PRC.
Now, the Hong Kong police have issued $1 million Hong Kong dollar cash bounties (~$128,000 USD), each, for 8 pro-democracy Hong Kong activists who violated the Hong Kong National Security Law, including that they "called for sanctions against local officials":
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