Make no mistake, Hong Kong's law enforcement community and government is extremely close knit with their U.S. counterparts.
We've personally had assets and servers seized by the "Commercial Crimes Division" of the Hong Kong police, at the sole request of U.S. Law Enforcement.
With that being said, you may be correct in your speculation, especially since Hong Kong is definitely not known for it's free speech in regards to governmental or criminal matters, if he were truly going somewhere based on only their 'reputation', there are far more viable choices (Ex: Iceland or Ecuador)
We've personally had assets and servers seized by the "Commercial Crimes Division" of the Hong Kong police, at the sole request of U.S. Law Enforcement.
With that being said, you may be correct in your speculation, especially since Hong Kong is definitely not known for it's free speech in regards to governmental or criminal matters, if he were truly going somewhere based on only their 'reputation', there are far more viable choices (Ex: Iceland or Ecuador)
Something is definitely fishy.