"We shall not surrender" Hong Kong activist told supporters after release on bail

Record ID: 1429349

  • Title: "We shall not surrender" Hong Kong activist told supporters after release on bail
  • Date: 30th August 2019
  • Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (AUGUST 30, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CHARGED HONG KONG ACTIVISTS, JOSHUA WONG AND AGNES CHOW, LEAVING COURT / POSING FOR PICTURES / SHOWING A DOCUMENT TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) HONG KONG ACTIVIST JOSHUA WONG SAYING: "We strongly experienced difficult prosecution and harass in the recent months. Two months ago, I served all of my jail sentence and left prison. Unfortunately, under the chilling effect generated by Beijing and Hong Kong government. We strongly aware that how they arrested whether they acting aggressively and moderately. All we ask for is just to warn Beijing and Hong Kong government redraw the bill, stop police brutality and responds to our call of free election. Even I've been jailed for three times and I need to face a trial on 8th of November, which is three months later, but we still keep our fight, we shall not surrender. I urge the international community to send a clear message to President Xi, sending troops and sending emergency order is not the way how it works. We will continue our fight no matter how they arrest and prosecute us." WONG AND CHOW LOOKING ON
  • Embargoed: 13th September 2019 12:09
  • Keywords: Joshua Wong activists Hong Kong arrest court
  • Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
  • City: HONG KONG, CHINA
  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001AUERLMV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: AUDIO AS INCOMING / PLEASE REFER TO EDIT 5113-HONG KONG-PROTESTS/JOSHUA WONG-UPDATE FOR BETTER AUDIO QUALITY MATERIAL
    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong said he will not surrender even after he was charged with organising an illegal protest on Friday (August 30).
    Wong, who led pro-democracy demonstrations five years ago that foreshadowed the latest turbulence, is the most prominent activist to be arrested since protests escalated in mid-June over fears China is exerting greater control over the city.
    Police arrested several other activists and blocked plans for a mass demonstration on Saturday, in a show of force a day before the fifth anniversary of China's decision to rule out universal suffrage in the former British colony.
    (Production: Aleks Solum, Angie Teo)
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