HSBC serving China's repression

HSBC is serving China's repression by refusing refugees from Hong Kong access to the money they deposited in that bank.

The article claims that HDBC fabricates excuses to refuse to acknowledge that they are the owners of their accounts. HSBC says it is obeying a Chinese law. Either way, the UK (and potentially also the US) can punish it for this, since it operates in those countries.