Anonymous threats force owner of a controversial license plate to depart Hong Kong

Hong Kong resident Anthony Chiu has relocated to the UK with his daughter following harassment over his Porsche's license plate number US8964, which references the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre. Over the past year, Chiu and his family faced escalating threats, including anonymous letters threatening to report him to national security police, complaints against his wife at her workplace, interrogation of his brother-in-law by Chinese authorities, and accusations against his daughter at school. Despite initially using the plate without issue since 2021, Chiu's car was seized by police for three consecutive years on June 4th for alleged technical reasons, reflecting Hong Kong's increasingly restrictive stance on commemorating the 1989 massacre since the implementation of the National Security Law.