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Seems like the local government can still make it difficult for them to enforce the subpoena, but I imagine Hong Kong will be pretty amenable. [1]

Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, just found this from a cursory search.

I think of Edward Snowden. HK helped him.

Did the gov there actually help him? Or just not hinder him?

To not hinder is quite a lot of help. Considering it's going to piss off the superpower.

Well the way I understood it, HK doesn't really need to care who they're pissing off, since they're kind of used to pissing off their big brother.