#Newspaper #EdwardLeung
Edward Leung Transferred to Maximum Security Prison Cell
(6 Mar) Edward Leung, sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment for participating in the 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest and now serving his time in Shek Pik Prison, has suddenly been transferred to the Category A Complex, the maximum security cell in the prison he is currently in over a month ago. In one of the maximum security facilities in Hong Kong, Edward is serving his time with some of the most serious offenders. Sources said that Edward was transferred because Hong Kong Correctional Services discovered words indicating prison break in the Christmas cards addressed to Edward. Others said that the authority had concrete serious security reasons for making the transfer.
Around 3 months ago, some from the pro-democracy camp initiated “Write With You” movements for writing and sending Christmas cards for persons in custody due to the recent pro-democracy protests and the 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest. Until around a month ago, Edward Leung, former spokesman of Hong Kong Indigenous, a localist group, arrested for participating in the Mong Kok civil unrest, was transferred to a prison cell of maximum security in the Category A Complex in Shek Pik Prison.
Cheng Chung-tai, LegCo member and chairman of the localist group Civic Passion, wrote on Facebook yesterday (5 Mar) that an unnamed prison inmate received a bunch of letters and Christmas cards around this size of a suitcase which may have contained sensitive information. “It may have indicated a prison break”. It may also just be “the authority making a big fuss out of nothing”, which eventually led the unnamed Category B prisoner (not in solitary confinement) to be transferred to a Category A prison cell, needing to readjust life in prison all over again. Cheng criticised the action of mass-sending Christmas cards.
Category A Complex, where Edward is locked in now, is sealed with multiple doors and locks and CCTV in operation, mostly occupied by the worst criminals and has single-cell units known as “water-and-rice cells”. These cells for solitary confinement has three sides of gray walls and a side of iron prison cell gate with no windows inside. 24-hour patrols are in operation as well. Sources said that Edward does not see the transfer as necessarily a bad thing because there is more designated room and since the other inmates are mostly in their 40s and 50s, they are in fact not as threatening as one would expect.
A retired personnel from the security unit of Correctional Services Department said that he believes the transfer is irrelevant to the Christmas cards addressed to him. The transfer would have been made out of serious security concerns of the authority. On the other hand, the Judgment upon Edward’s appeal against his “riot” jail sentence was scheduled to be delivered in February this year. It was postponed only because of the coronavirus spread.
Source: Sing Tao Daily
https://bit.ly/38wR5xn
Translation: Hong Kong Columns
https://bit.ly/2TMwEah
Edward Leung Transferred to Maximum Security Prison Cell
(6 Mar) Edward Leung, sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment for participating in the 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest and now serving his time in Shek Pik Prison, has suddenly been transferred to the Category A Complex, the maximum security cell in the prison he is currently in over a month ago. In one of the maximum security facilities in Hong Kong, Edward is serving his time with some of the most serious offenders. Sources said that Edward was transferred because Hong Kong Correctional Services discovered words indicating prison break in the Christmas cards addressed to Edward. Others said that the authority had concrete serious security reasons for making the transfer.
Around 3 months ago, some from the pro-democracy camp initiated “Write With You” movements for writing and sending Christmas cards for persons in custody due to the recent pro-democracy protests and the 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest. Until around a month ago, Edward Leung, former spokesman of Hong Kong Indigenous, a localist group, arrested for participating in the Mong Kok civil unrest, was transferred to a prison cell of maximum security in the Category A Complex in Shek Pik Prison.
Cheng Chung-tai, LegCo member and chairman of the localist group Civic Passion, wrote on Facebook yesterday (5 Mar) that an unnamed prison inmate received a bunch of letters and Christmas cards around this size of a suitcase which may have contained sensitive information. “It may have indicated a prison break”. It may also just be “the authority making a big fuss out of nothing”, which eventually led the unnamed Category B prisoner (not in solitary confinement) to be transferred to a Category A prison cell, needing to readjust life in prison all over again. Cheng criticised the action of mass-sending Christmas cards.
Category A Complex, where Edward is locked in now, is sealed with multiple doors and locks and CCTV in operation, mostly occupied by the worst criminals and has single-cell units known as “water-and-rice cells”. These cells for solitary confinement has three sides of gray walls and a side of iron prison cell gate with no windows inside. 24-hour patrols are in operation as well. Sources said that Edward does not see the transfer as necessarily a bad thing because there is more designated room and since the other inmates are mostly in their 40s and 50s, they are in fact not as threatening as one would expect.
A retired personnel from the security unit of Correctional Services Department said that he believes the transfer is irrelevant to the Christmas cards addressed to him. The transfer would have been made out of serious security concerns of the authority. On the other hand, the Judgment upon Edward’s appeal against his “riot” jail sentence was scheduled to be delivered in February this year. It was postponed only because of the coronavirus spread.
Source: Sing Tao Daily
https://bit.ly/38wR5xn
Translation: Hong Kong Columns
https://bit.ly/2TMwEah
#Interview #LiYi #LeeYee
83-year-old Li Yi: I don’t have long to live, but I believe Hong Kong young people have wisdom beyond imagination 4/6
▶️ Part 3
The outbreak of anti-extradition bill changes the perception towards young people
Li Yi cares most about freedom and individuality. He parted ways with the left-wing, the country and socialism. He came over to support the local and young people who were not popular with the mainstream. In the past 80 years, he has seen too many terrible things, he has seen too many political clutches and persecutions. He doesn't care about others' praise and deprecation. I don't know how tough his heart is in his wrinkled body. If we are Skywalker, Li Yi will be Master Yoda, who is nearly 900 years old.
Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/The-outbreak-of-anti-extradition-bill-changes-the-perception-towards-young-people-04-04
To be continued
Source: Stand News, (25-Feb)
https://bit.ly/3aARccx
#LiveBoardcast #ChanYinLam #Courage #CommittedSuicide #HongKongIdentity #PolyUSiege #HongKongHandOver #ParallelTrade #EdwardLeung #antiELAB #Frontliners #PoliceBrutality
83-year-old Li Yi: I don’t have long to live, but I believe Hong Kong young people have wisdom beyond imagination 4/6
▶️ Part 3
The outbreak of anti-extradition bill changes the perception towards young people
Li Yi cares most about freedom and individuality. He parted ways with the left-wing, the country and socialism. He came over to support the local and young people who were not popular with the mainstream. In the past 80 years, he has seen too many terrible things, he has seen too many political clutches and persecutions. He doesn't care about others' praise and deprecation. I don't know how tough his heart is in his wrinkled body. If we are Skywalker, Li Yi will be Master Yoda, who is nearly 900 years old.
Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/The-outbreak-of-anti-extradition-bill-changes-the-perception-towards-young-people-04-04
To be continued
Source: Stand News, (25-Feb)
https://bit.ly/3aARccx
#LiveBoardcast #ChanYinLam #Courage #CommittedSuicide #HongKongIdentity #PolyUSiege #HongKongHandOver #ParallelTrade #EdwardLeung #antiELAB #Frontliners #PoliceBrutality
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83-year-old Li Yi: I don’t have long to live, but I believe Hong Kong young people have wisdom beyond imagination 3/6
▶️ Part Two
How can despair be sustained?
“With the epidemic in mind these days, I started reading The Plague…
83-year-old Li Yi: I don’t have long to live, but I believe Hong Kong young people have wisdom beyond imagination 3/6
▶️ Part Two
How can despair be sustained?
“With the epidemic in mind these days, I started reading The Plague…
#ProtestorStory
“Awakening”
The following is an account of a university student in Hong Kong:
" I am a CUHK student and arrestee for the charge of rioting.
I felt sad to watch the judgement of the court to Edward Leung Tin-kei and 811 on the charge of riot a few days ago because I can sense that the day I'll be locked up is getting and I will probably spend 6 to 7 years in prison. A new idea was in my mind. Do Hongkongers need another awakening?
When you choose to rebel and fight against tyranny, it is not only the choice of politics but also consciousness. You need to abandon normal life. It’s so-called “yellow ribbon”. Even you may be a peaceful protestor or investor, you have to get ready and get used to being in and out of prison for the rest of your life.
Why? It is because totalitarianism can’t tolerate any other opinion. Suppression will be more severe, and the bottom line will be lowered further. Common sense won’t exist anymore. Hong Kong Indigenous members were called “separatists” a few years ago. All pro-democracy parties are called “separatist” now. A few years later, supporting “one country two systems” maybe a separatist action.
You can be arrested if you fight with words (attacking TVB), fight with capital (money laundering) or fight with posters (property damage). Don’t think that you are safe if you don’t come out to march. After article 23 is passed, you can be arrested by just sharing news on Instagram. In China, you may be detained in charge of treason for prison punishment 8-10 year if you get any complaints or you if are Christian.
In a society without freedom, if you choose to fight against totalitarianism, life planning, family life, and a simple and peaceful life are not for you anymore. Your daily life will be paying fines, getting beaten, locked up in prison, being threatened, kidnapped, getting house arrest and being unpersoned. Li Wangyang, Liu Xiaobo and Chen Guangcheng's lives will be yours.
Thus, don’t feel sorry that our comrades are in prison. Getting locked up is unavoidable in the process of fighting against tyranny. We will continue after getting out. Where can you find a revolution without any sacrifice?
We enjoy our rights, freedoms and fairness in court now like we took it for granted. However, behind the pearl of the orient is the sacrifice of many nameless heroes.
British feminists were arrested and sent to jail in 1910. The leader of the worker union in US fighting for an 8-hour workday was convicted to the death penalty in 1886. 500 thousand soldiers died in the civil war so that the black man may be free. “Winter on fire” was a good show right? 125 people died in Ukraine in 93 days. In the history of humankind, the improvement of the system meant the sacrifice of countless revolutionaries.
Are the Hongkongers awakened? To abandon your life in an "advanced society" built on lies? To abandon your normal life because of your conscience? Let's make it simple, Did the Hongkongers wake up, and are they ready to give it all?"
Source: CUHK Secrets #May12
https://bit.ly/2XcRykH
#CUHKSecret #NeverForget #NeverForgive #WinterOnFire #Arrestee #EdwardLeung
“Awakening”
The following is an account of a university student in Hong Kong:
" I am a CUHK student and arrestee for the charge of rioting.
I felt sad to watch the judgement of the court to Edward Leung Tin-kei and 811 on the charge of riot a few days ago because I can sense that the day I'll be locked up is getting and I will probably spend 6 to 7 years in prison. A new idea was in my mind. Do Hongkongers need another awakening?
When you choose to rebel and fight against tyranny, it is not only the choice of politics but also consciousness. You need to abandon normal life. It’s so-called “yellow ribbon”. Even you may be a peaceful protestor or investor, you have to get ready and get used to being in and out of prison for the rest of your life.
Why? It is because totalitarianism can’t tolerate any other opinion. Suppression will be more severe, and the bottom line will be lowered further. Common sense won’t exist anymore. Hong Kong Indigenous members were called “separatists” a few years ago. All pro-democracy parties are called “separatist” now. A few years later, supporting “one country two systems” maybe a separatist action.
You can be arrested if you fight with words (attacking TVB), fight with capital (money laundering) or fight with posters (property damage). Don’t think that you are safe if you don’t come out to march. After article 23 is passed, you can be arrested by just sharing news on Instagram. In China, you may be detained in charge of treason for prison punishment 8-10 year if you get any complaints or you if are Christian.
In a society without freedom, if you choose to fight against totalitarianism, life planning, family life, and a simple and peaceful life are not for you anymore. Your daily life will be paying fines, getting beaten, locked up in prison, being threatened, kidnapped, getting house arrest and being unpersoned. Li Wangyang, Liu Xiaobo and Chen Guangcheng's lives will be yours.
Thus, don’t feel sorry that our comrades are in prison. Getting locked up is unavoidable in the process of fighting against tyranny. We will continue after getting out. Where can you find a revolution without any sacrifice?
We enjoy our rights, freedoms and fairness in court now like we took it for granted. However, behind the pearl of the orient is the sacrifice of many nameless heroes.
British feminists were arrested and sent to jail in 1910. The leader of the worker union in US fighting for an 8-hour workday was convicted to the death penalty in 1886. 500 thousand soldiers died in the civil war so that the black man may be free. “Winter on fire” was a good show right? 125 people died in Ukraine in 93 days. In the history of humankind, the improvement of the system meant the sacrifice of countless revolutionaries.
Are the Hongkongers awakened? To abandon your life in an "advanced society" built on lies? To abandon your normal life because of your conscience? Let's make it simple, Did the Hongkongers wake up, and are they ready to give it all?"
Source: CUHK Secrets #May12
https://bit.ly/2XcRykH
#CUHKSecret #NeverForget #NeverForgive #WinterOnFire #Arrestee #EdwardLeung
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#CU1738 「覺悟」 大家好，我係中大嘅被捕同學，被告暴動。 前幾日睇梁天琦同811轉暴動嘅判決，覺得有啲sad，因為聞到自己離入冊越嚟越近嘅味道，未來可能真係有六七年要喺監獄度過。Sad 下sad下有一種新諗法。其實香港人係咪要有一種覺悟？...
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Flag Featuring Edward Leung Seen at IFC
2010 | #IFC, Central
Flags are commonly used to convey demands at protest sites. In today’s demonstrations, apart from the more commonly seen flags “Hong Kong Independence” and “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times”, there was a flag that featured the imprisoned localist activist Edward Leung, a major figure in the localist movement and promulgator of the famous protest slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times”.
#SingwithYou #May25 #HongKongProtest
#EdwardLeung
Flag Featuring Edward Leung Seen at IFC
2010 | #IFC, Central
Flags are commonly used to convey demands at protest sites. In today’s demonstrations, apart from the more commonly seen flags “Hong Kong Independence” and “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times”, there was a flag that featured the imprisoned localist activist Edward Leung, a major figure in the localist movement and promulgator of the famous protest slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times”.
#SingwithYou #May25 #HongKongProtest
#EdwardLeung
#Censorship #SelfCensorship
HKU Crops a Group Photo to Allegedly "Dis-appear" Pro-democracy Activist
Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho died on May 26 at the age of 98. While the Hong Kong University released a group photo taken during Ho's visit to the university mourning his decease, Edward Leung, the famed imprisoned localist pro-democracy activist who was a then-student, was cut out from the photo.
Many netizens suspected the move was out of fear of the National Security Law, that the Chinese Communist Party may crack down on the university as Leung advocated for an anti-Beijing agenda.
Source: Stand News #May26
#EdwardLeung #StanleyHo #HKU #NationalSecurityLaw
HKU Crops a Group Photo to Allegedly "Dis-appear" Pro-democracy Activist
Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho died on May 26 at the age of 98. While the Hong Kong University released a group photo taken during Ho's visit to the university mourning his decease, Edward Leung, the famed imprisoned localist pro-democracy activist who was a then-student, was cut out from the photo.
Many netizens suspected the move was out of fear of the National Security Law, that the Chinese Communist Party may crack down on the university as Leung advocated for an anti-Beijing agenda.
Source: Stand News #May26
#EdwardLeung #StanleyHo #HKU #NationalSecurityLaw
Flag of Jailed Pro-democracy Activist Unfurled on the Street of Hong Kong
1630 | Causeway Bay
At around 1630, the public are still crowding Russell Street outside of Time Square, while leaving a way for traffic.
The photo shows the flag printed with the face of Edward Tin-kei Leung, a jailed pro-democracy activist and also the originator of the slogan "Free Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times."
Source: Tam Ming Keung @ USP United Social Press
#July1 #NationalSecurityLaw
#EdwardLeung
1630 | Causeway Bay
At around 1630, the public are still crowding Russell Street outside of Time Square, while leaving a way for traffic.
The photo shows the flag printed with the face of Edward Tin-kei Leung, a jailed pro-democracy activist and also the originator of the slogan "Free Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times."
Source: Tam Ming Keung @ USP United Social Press
#July1 #NationalSecurityLaw
#EdwardLeung
#Oppression
#HKU Student Union presses on showing pro-democracy documentary despite threat of possible National Security breach
Student organizers at the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) said they will continue with a screening of “Lost in the Fumes,” a documentary about the jailed activist #EdwardLeung, despite warnings from school administrators that the event could violate the national security law.
At around 6pm on Feb 3, 2021, about 50 students gradually arrived at the theatre and the documentary was shown at 6:30pm.
Earlier last week, in a letter to the HKU student union, university administrators said that the documentary included elements that will “invite the undesirable attention of the opposition party and law enforcement agencies.”
“The current [national security law] environment is fundamentally different from Oct, Nov 2020. It’s far more stringent and taxing,” the school said in the letter.
The student union had planned to show the film on Feb 3, 5 and 8, 2021 on campus. After seeking legal advice, the student union believed that the screening was lawful, said president Edy Jeh.
“We are just playing a video, we don’t think it will touch any ‘red lines,’” she said. The event will also include crowd control measures to comply with social distancing laws.
[Notes to editor:
Directed by Nora Lam, “Lost in the Fumes” premiered in Nov. 2017 and documents the Legislative Council campaign of localist activist Edward Leung, who called for forceful resistance. The documentary also showed Leung chanting the now-banned slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times.”]
Source: Apple Daily; Stand News #Feb3
https://hk.appledaily.com/news/20210203/I3KBJNCB5RAQ7DZTQEVTB7CIA4/
#HKU Student Union presses on showing pro-democracy documentary despite threat of possible National Security breach
Student organizers at the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) said they will continue with a screening of “Lost in the Fumes,” a documentary about the jailed activist #EdwardLeung, despite warnings from school administrators that the event could violate the national security law.
At around 6pm on Feb 3, 2021, about 50 students gradually arrived at the theatre and the documentary was shown at 6:30pm.
Earlier last week, in a letter to the HKU student union, university administrators said that the documentary included elements that will “invite the undesirable attention of the opposition party and law enforcement agencies.”
“The current [national security law] environment is fundamentally different from Oct, Nov 2020. It’s far more stringent and taxing,” the school said in the letter.
The student union had planned to show the film on Feb 3, 5 and 8, 2021 on campus. After seeking legal advice, the student union believed that the screening was lawful, said president Edy Jeh.
“We are just playing a video, we don’t think it will touch any ‘red lines,’” she said. The event will also include crowd control measures to comply with social distancing laws.
[Notes to editor:
Directed by Nora Lam, “Lost in the Fumes” premiered in Nov. 2017 and documents the Legislative Council campaign of localist activist Edward Leung, who called for forceful resistance. The documentary also showed Leung chanting the now-banned slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times.”]
Source: Apple Daily; Stand News #Feb3
https://hk.appledaily.com/news/20210203/I3KBJNCB5RAQ7DZTQEVTB7CIA4/
#PoliceState #Authoritarianism
Hong Kong mass arrest: Proud to sacrifice my future for Hong Kong, said Activist Ventus Lau
Source: InMedia #Feb28
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28823
Hong Kong mass arrest: Proud to sacrifice my future for Hong Kong, said Activist Ventus Lau
Source: InMedia #Feb28
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28823
#PoliceState #Authoritarianism
Hong Kong mass arrest: Proud to sacrifice my future for Hong Kong, said Activist Ventus Lau
On Feb 28, 2021, Hong Konh pro-democracy activist #VentusLau reported to the police station in the afternoon, and spoke to reporters before entering the station.
Lau said that on this day 5 years ago, localist and pro-democracy activist #EdwardLeung Tin-kei received 66,000 votes during the 2016 New Territories East Legislative Council by-election, establishing a place for localists in the city's political spectrum.
During an interview, Leung, now in prison, said that the reason he did not leave Hong Kong was to show Hongkongers that someone is still willing to sacrifice his future for Hong Kong. Lau felt honoured that he could become that “someone” as well.
Lau criticised the Hong Kong SAR government’s arrest of the dozens of activists, calling it naive to assume that this would bring an end to the democracy movement in Hong Kong. He believed Hongkongers will prove the government wrong. He urged Hongkongers to keep the faith, and turn their anger into their strength, so that he could witness the day when everyone could finally meet each other outside of Legco - alluding to the pledge of protesters to finally meet again in victory one day.
Before heading into the police station, Lau said, “Don’t forget to include me in the crowd count in the next rally or assembly”.
District Councillor #FergusLeung, who also reported to the police station on the same day, expected that he would very likely be accused and no bail would be granted, and he felt sad to leave behind everyone and everything around him. However, he still hoped Hongkongers would understand that today is not the end of Hong Kong’s democracy movement. Whether it ends now or not is all up to Hongkongers. He did not regret his decision, and said that Hong Kong's democracy movement is a long battle, ad hope Hongkongers can stand firm in these difficult times.
Source: In Media #Feb28
https://bit.ly/3dTMGLi
#HongkongersVoices #MassArrest #AuthoritarianRegime #PoliticalOppression #PrimaryElection
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Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist #LesterShum: We've Decided to Not Surrender to the Authoritarian Regime and We'll Continue with this Road
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28804
Hong Kong mass arrest: Proud to sacrifice my future for Hong Kong, said Activist Ventus Lau
On Feb 28, 2021, Hong Konh pro-democracy activist #VentusLau reported to the police station in the afternoon, and spoke to reporters before entering the station.
Lau said that on this day 5 years ago, localist and pro-democracy activist #EdwardLeung Tin-kei received 66,000 votes during the 2016 New Territories East Legislative Council by-election, establishing a place for localists in the city's political spectrum.
During an interview, Leung, now in prison, said that the reason he did not leave Hong Kong was to show Hongkongers that someone is still willing to sacrifice his future for Hong Kong. Lau felt honoured that he could become that “someone” as well.
Lau criticised the Hong Kong SAR government’s arrest of the dozens of activists, calling it naive to assume that this would bring an end to the democracy movement in Hong Kong. He believed Hongkongers will prove the government wrong. He urged Hongkongers to keep the faith, and turn their anger into their strength, so that he could witness the day when everyone could finally meet each other outside of Legco - alluding to the pledge of protesters to finally meet again in victory one day.
Before heading into the police station, Lau said, “Don’t forget to include me in the crowd count in the next rally or assembly”.
District Councillor #FergusLeung, who also reported to the police station on the same day, expected that he would very likely be accused and no bail would be granted, and he felt sad to leave behind everyone and everything around him. However, he still hoped Hongkongers would understand that today is not the end of Hong Kong’s democracy movement. Whether it ends now or not is all up to Hongkongers. He did not regret his decision, and said that Hong Kong's democracy movement is a long battle, ad hope Hongkongers can stand firm in these difficult times.
Source: In Media #Feb28
https://bit.ly/3dTMGLi
#HongkongersVoices #MassArrest #AuthoritarianRegime #PoliticalOppression #PrimaryElection
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Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist #LesterShum: We've Decided to Not Surrender to the Authoritarian Regime and We'll Continue with this Road
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28804
Activist Edward Leung to be Released from Prison After 6-Year Sentence; Family Asks Hongkongers to Consider Personal Safety
Source: InMediaHK #Jan18
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31931
Source: InMediaHK #Jan18
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31931
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