File. 7th Sep, 2016. Hong Kong refugees helped hide Edward Snowden after NSA leak. Supporters are raising funds to try to help refugees who helped hide him when he went on the run in Hong Kong in 2013. Until now, the whereabouts of Snowden in the weeks after he leaked secret intelligence documents had remained a mystery. But it has now been revealed he was staying with refugees in cramped and impoverished flats in some of the poorer parts of the city. A whistleblower lawyer in Hong Kong, R. Tibbo, disclosed the details in an interview with Canada's National Post. Tibbo said Snowden had s
![File. 7th Sep, 2016. Hong Kong refugees helped hide Edward Snowden after NSA leak. Supporters are raising funds to try to help refugees who helped hide him when he went on the run in Hong Kong in 2013. Until now, the whereabouts of Snowden in the weeks after he leaked secret intelligence documents had remained a mystery. But it has now been revealed he was staying with refugees in cramped and impoverished flats in some of the poorer parts of the city. A whistleblower lawyer in Hong Kong, R. Tibbo, disclosed the details in an interview with Canada's National Post. Tibbo said Snowden had s Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/GRGYA7/file-7th-sep-2016-hong-kong-refugees-helped-hide-edward-snowden-after-GRGYA7.jpg)
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September 7, 2016 - File - Hong Kong refugees helped hide Edward Snowden after NSA leak. Supporters are raising funds to try to help refugees who helped hide him when he went on the run in Hong Kong in 2013. Until now, the whereabouts of Snowden in the weeks after he leaked secret intelligence documents had remained a mystery. But it has now been revealed he was staying with refugees in cramped and impoverished flats in some of the poorer parts of the city. A whistleblower lawyer in Hong Kong, R. Tibbo, disclosed the details in an interview with Canada's National Post. Tibbo said Snowden had sent $1, 000 to each of the people who had helped him. Pictured: June 16, 2016 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R, China - Refugee Supun Thilina Kellapatha (L) with wife Nadeeka Dilrukshi Nonis (M) who holds her 2 month old son Dinath and daughter Sethumdi (R) Edward Snowden in hiding in Hong Kong.After leaving the Mira Hotel, Edward Snowden went into hiding with refugees in the city..Their story is touched on in the new Oliver Stone film Snowden that premieres in September 2016. (Credit Image: © Jayne Russell via ZUMA Wire)