Activist Joshua Wong told on Sunday (Aug 23) how he constantly feared arrest following the imposition of a new security law in Hong Kong, in a ...
Joshua Wong said it was hard to plan for the future under the threat of the national security law imposed in Hong Kong in June. LONDON: Activist Joshua Wong told on Sunday how he constantly feared arrest following the imposition of a new security law in Hong Kong, in a virtual appearance at British book festival.
While visiting Victoria Peak in Hong Kong with friends, he said he was photographed and verbally abused by a"pro-Beijing gang".Wong said the price he paid in being under surveillance was"comparatively small" compared to protesters shot with live rounds during demonstrations last year.But he said it was hard to plan for the future under the threat of the national security law China imposed on Hong Kong in June in response to last year's huge and often violent protests.
"Every day I sleep, I also worry will the government come to arrest me immediately, or the day after, storm into my house at 5am just like experienced by Jimmy Lai," he said.Prominent activist Agnes Chow, who like Wong was a key figure in the"Umbrella Movement", was also arrested. Both wereWong said the protest movement was only asking for the autonomy that Beijing promised Hong Kong when it was handed back from Britain in 1997.
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