absconder

“It’s crucial that recording is done properly,” he said, adding that sign-in failures by a known absconder needed to be logged and passed back to the probation officer.

Later, he was declared an absconder after failing to return.

Hong Kong authorities say the security law has brought stability, and that the eight "absconders" including Kwok, by asking foreign powers to impose sanctions on Hong Kong amongst other activities, continue to endanger national security.

The Hong Kong police, asked if it would seek Interpol’s help, said in a statement Tuesday that it would “take all necessary measures in accordance with the law to stop those absconders.”

He failed to turn himself in after the challenge proved unsuccessful and was considered “an absconder illegally in this country,” a prosecutor wrote in a sentencing memo.