Activist leaves Hong Kong after new law to advocate abroad

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2018, file photo, pro-democracy activist Nathan Law, along with Agnes Chow and Joshua Wong, attends a press conference in Hong Kong. Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law has left the city for an undisclosed location, he revealed on his Facebook page shortly after testifying at a U.S. congressional hearing about the tough national security law China had imposed on the semi-autonomous territory.

“As a global-facing activist, the choices I have are stark: to stay silent from now on, or to keep engaging in private diplomacy so I can warn the world of the threat of Chinese authoritarian expansion,” he said. “I made the decision when I agreed to testify before the U.S. Congress.”Law told reporters in a WhatsApp message that he would not reveal his whereabouts and situation based on “risk assessment.

Law, 26, rose to prominence in Hong Kong as one of the student leaders of the pro-democracy Umbrella Revolution in 2014. In 2016, he became the youngest lawmaker elected to the city’s legislature but was later disqualified for allegedly not taking the oath in a proper manner. Critics say the law effectively ends the “one country, two systems” framework under which the city was promised a high degree of autonomy when it reverted from British to Chinese rule in 1997.

He was one of those loud and first to say “He could die for Hong Kong”, and is the first to flees Hong Kong, left his followers to die for Hong Kong. Never come back. 他這種無恥之徒，做一世流浪狗好了。香港的監獄沒白飯他吃。

Funny how the so called 'brave HongKongProtests freedom activists' alway flea like cowardly cockroaches when shit gets real. He got paid handsomely by foreign governments and now it's time for him to go hide in some beach city with a nice house.

Meanwhile Trump and his mouthpieces keep spouting the lie that Dems are always 'soft on China.' Easy to disprove, because of Trump actually calling on that communist nation to help him win re-election, and praising them for the way they handled protest in Tienanmen Square.

PattyArquette China agreed to Hong Kong Autonomy til 2047,50yrs of One Nation,Two Systems,but reneged.I think China should lose Hong Kong&more for that,lots,maybe everything.Lord sick bigger&worse bullies on the tyrants,against each other even,neutralize Them&give us peace.May it be so,Amen.

This is the face of a Fascism fighter! He is a real hero because of his personal sacrifices for justice. Freedom is NOT free. TruthMatters

AmyMiranda Awwww, too bad the US can't fund meddling in China anymore. At least Israel can still buy the entire US government, though!

Your headline 'Activist leaves Hong Kong after new law to advocate abroad' is kind of awkward. Had to read it twice. grammar

Smart guy.

he is a terrorist. he is not a Democracy activist.

He knew the show is over and it’s time to rip the benefits

He is a notorious coward and traitor, not anything prominent. Fake news outlet!

Americans do not want outside interference & this paid advocate reads it to mean US Freedom means interfer others!

So TraitorTrumpResignNow and China, Russia, and Brazil trying to take over?

Imagine there will be an exodus from HK just as there was after 1997 turnover.

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I CAN'T BREATHE!

KingJames would like him to just stfu and do what he's told.

Failed movement of independence. HK has always belonged to China. The youth suffer Stockholm Syndrome.

Try NH

Hong Kong a semi-autonomous territory as per new law & order offends the older control seems a illegal approach.

Could have stayed there, join BLM protest against AR15 nationalists, protesters shooting each others, car being driven into crowd and see which one is more fun.

Reminder: American George Floyd's brother testified in the UN about human rights in America. American's need to fix human rights in America FIRST to be eligible to tutor the world.

coward

What happened to his followers i guess there going to join him. What a relief.

stop saying semi-autonomous Hong Kong is no longer semi-autonomous

Activists or CIA operative?

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