Tony Chung: Student activist flees Hong Kong to seek asylum in UK
BBC NewsDEC 2023
Whatever the reasons for someone to be under a supervision order, everyone is treated equally despite their offenses, as the Correctional Services Department focuses on rehabilitation. Yet, Chung has irresponsibly violated the one-year supervision under which he has blatantly defied the rule of law in Hong Kong. Now, he must serve the remainder of his sentence in prison.
Chung is just the latest Hong Kong pro-democracy activist to seek refuge in a liberal democracy to protect his free speech and thought as the abusive national security law continues to suppress legitimate and peaceful dissent at home — and even abroad. In the face of long-arm authoritarianism that risks becoming globalized censorship, the West must stand alongside activists facing political persecution in Hong Kong.