Hong Kong- Four former Hong Kong MPs were freed from prison on Tuesday after serving more than four years for their convicts under the Beijing-Lagan Act, which once crushed the supporting democracy movement.
Claudia Mo, Jeremy Tam, Quok K-K and Gary fans were among the 47 activists arrested in 2021 for their roles in an informal primary election. He was the first of the convicted activists who renovated after years of separation with their families and friends.
Only vehicles included in the release were seen leaving three jails in remote areas of Hong Kong. Security was tight and curtains on vehicles were closed.
Mo’s husband, Philip Borning told reporters that he was happy that Mo had returned home, he said “well and good souls.” But he said that he would not interview for some time. He said, “He has to live life again in the outside world,” he said at his door, saying that he would probably go to England to see his grandchildren later.
In a video posted by local online media HK01, the fan thanked Hong Kongers and the media for his concern. He said that he was going to reunite with his family.
The 2020 informal primary attracted 610,000 voters, and its winners were expected to move forward in the official legislative election. The officials, however, postponed the Kovid -19 epidemic citing public health risks during the epidemic.
During the trial, the prosecutors said the activists forced the Hong Kong government to cripp and use the city leader to resign a legislative majority and use it to use it to block the government’s budget indiscriminately. The judges had said in their judgment last year that the plan to influence the change through informal primary of the workers had reduced the government’s authority and created a constitutional crisis.
Only two of the 47 original defendants were acquitted. The remaining workers were given the conditions of jails ranging from four years and two months to 10 years on charges of conspiracy to vandalize. Mo, Tam, Quok and Fan blamed and obtained fewer sentences.
The years of their separation have hurt workers and their families. The entire spectrum was advocated in democracy in this matter. They include legal scholar Beni Tai, who was sentenced to 10 years in jail, and former student leader Joshua Wong, who has to serve four years and eight months.
Fourteen has appealed to the convicted activists, and the prosecutors have appealed to acquit a worker. All appeals are pending.
Critics of the court action brought against the activists stated that their convicts made it clear how the authorities crushed dissatisfaction in 2019 after a large -scale anti -government protests, while also tightening the freedom of media and reducing public choice in elections. He said rigorous political changes reflect the shrinking of western -style civilian freedom in Hong Kong, which Beijing promised to maintain in the former British colony for 50 years after the 1997 hand.
Beijing and Hong Kong governments stressed that the National Security Act was necessary for the stability of the city. Despite criticism of foreign governments, China defended judicial decisions.
