Activist Edward Leung to be Released from Prison After 6-Year Sentence; Family Asks Hongkongers to Consider Personal Safety
Pro-democracy activist and former spokeperson of #HongKongIndigenous #EdwardLeung Tin-kei will be released from jail on January 19, 2022. He is expected to leave #ShekPikPrison on Lantau Island in the morning.
On January 18, 2022, Leung's family announced on his Facebook page that "there is no need to travel a long way to Shek Pik"; they "hope to soon reunite with Edward"; and fellow Hongkongers should "consider their personal safety first." In order to better protect Leung, his family decided to shut down his Facebook page by midnight of January 19, 2022.
Before being jailed, Leung joined Hong Kong Indigenous, a political group founded by #RoyYeung, in 2015. In February 2016, Leung won 66,000 votes in the New Territories East By-election. His campaign slogan was "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times." The government disqualified his candidiacy in the Legislative Election in the same year.
In June 2018, he was convicted of assaulting an officer and rioting in the 2016 #FishballRevolution, and was sentenced to 6 years in jail.
During the 2019 #AntiELAB movement, Leung sent an open letter to #Hongkongers from the prison, telling his fellow citizens "not to be overtaken by hatred; and to stay alert and continue to think during difficult times".
Leung has been relocated to Cat. A in the prison and placed in isolated cell since last year.
Source: InMediaHK #Jan18
https://bit.ly/33LBsFn
#Release #PoliticalPrisoner
Pro-democracy activist and former spokeperson of #HongKongIndigenous #EdwardLeung Tin-kei will be released from jail on January 19, 2022. He is expected to leave #ShekPikPrison on Lantau Island in the morning.
On January 18, 2022, Leung's family announced on his Facebook page that "there is no need to travel a long way to Shek Pik"; they "hope to soon reunite with Edward"; and fellow Hongkongers should "consider their personal safety first." In order to better protect Leung, his family decided to shut down his Facebook page by midnight of January 19, 2022.
Before being jailed, Leung joined Hong Kong Indigenous, a political group founded by #RoyYeung, in 2015. In February 2016, Leung won 66,000 votes in the New Territories East By-election. His campaign slogan was "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times." The government disqualified his candidiacy in the Legislative Election in the same year.
In June 2018, he was convicted of assaulting an officer and rioting in the 2016 #FishballRevolution, and was sentenced to 6 years in jail.
During the 2019 #AntiELAB movement, Leung sent an open letter to #Hongkongers from the prison, telling his fellow citizens "not to be overtaken by hatred; and to stay alert and continue to think during difficult times".
Leung has been relocated to Cat. A in the prison and placed in isolated cell since last year.
Source: InMediaHK #Jan18
https://bit.ly/33LBsFn
#Release #PoliticalPrisoner