Legal-sector lawmaker Nick Chan Hiu-fung said responsibility for the Tates’ international movements lay with the British and Romanian authorities, accusing them of “exporting potential serious criminals” to embarrass other jurisdictions.
“If they believe allegations against the Tates are so serious, they could have issued an Interpol Red Notice. But for some reason, they did not,” he said.
A Red Notice is a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action, but the decision to arrest the wanted person remains at the discretion of local authorities.
Asked whether Hong Kong should seek to restore extradition pacts with the UK or establish similar agreements with more countries including Romania, Chan said he would welcome such initiatives, describing them as opportunities to “transmit our rule of law spirit to other places”.
“I believe no jurisdictions would welcome any wrongdoers entering their boundaries,” he said.
Among those sharing pictures taken with the Tates was lawyer David Fenn, who defended them online, saying that the brothers had not been convicted and were therefore “innocent until proven guilty”.
Fenn represented controversial local influencer Joseph Lam Chok in his alleged fraud and money-laundering case linked to cryptocurrency platform JPEX, which has been adjourned until June.
Andrew Tate’s social media posts show he and 37-year-old Tristan had travelled to Dubai earlier this month, when the city in the United Arab Emirates was facing missile and drone attacks from Tehran amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.
In one post, he mocked those fleeing Dubai amid the strikes, calling them “cowards”.
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