Spark Alliance

{{Short description|Hong Kong political organisation}}

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| image = Logo of the Spark Alliance.svg

| t = 星火同盟抗爭支援

| s = 星火同盟抗争支援

| p = Xīnghuǒ Tóngméng kàngzhēng zhīyuán

| j = {{Tone superscript|Sing1fo2 Tung4mang4 kong3zang1 zi1wun4}}

| l = Spark Alliance resistance support

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Spark Alliance (also known as Spark Alliance HK) is an organisation which finances bail payments for persons arrested in connection with the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. According to donors and attorneys for the group, its leadership is unknown.

In November 2019, HSBC announced that it had given – in October of that year – a deposit account, "Prime Management Service Ltd.", 30 days to clear its funds out of the bank. The account had been used to raise funds for Spark Alliance, which HSBC said was in violation of its terms of service.{{cite news |last1=Yu |first1=Cannix |title=HSBC to Close Corporate Account Being Used to Support Hong Kong Protesters through Crowdfunding |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3038281/hsbc-close-corporate-account-being-used-support-hong-kong |accessdate=1 January 2020 |work=South China Morning Post |date=19 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101173230/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3038281/hsbc-close-corporate-account-being-used-support-hong-kong |archive-date=1 January 2020 |url-status=live }} The decision led to HSBC subsequently becoming a target of protesters, with several of its branches being vandalised and an online petition organised calling for the United States to block the bank from doing business in the U.S.{{cite news |last1=Lo |first1=Alex |title=The Irony of Protesters Urging US Action Against HSBC |url=https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3043730/irony-protesters-urging-us-action-against-hsbc |accessdate=1 January 2020 |work=South China Morning Post |date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231185415/https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3043730/irony-protesters-urging-us-action-against-hsbc |archive-date=31 December 2019 |url-status=live }}

On 19 December 2019, the Hong Kong Police Force announced the seizure of HK$70 million in bank deposits linked to Spark Alliance and the arrest of several persons allegedly linked to Spark Alliance on charges of money laundering.{{cite news |title=Mysterious bags of cash trigger major Hong Kong protest arrests |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2019/12/20/mysterious-bags-of-cash-trigger-major-hong-kong-protest-arrests |accessdate=1 January 2020 |work=The Star |date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101192236/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2019/12/20/mysterious-bags-of-cash-trigger-major-hong-kong-protest-arrests |archive-date=1 January 2020 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Yu |first1=Verna |title=Hong Kong Police Freeze $9M in Protest Fund |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/east-asia-pacific_hong-kong-police-freeze-9m-protest-fund/6181330.html |access-date=1 January 2020 |publisher=Voice of America |date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101192235/https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/hong-kong-police-freeze-9m-protest-fund |archive-date=1 January 2020 |url-status=live }}