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Photo: RFA Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong will likely hold the trials of 12 Hong Kong protesters detained as they fled to the democratic island of Taiwan in the very first days of the New Year, according to a defense lawyer representing one of them. The Yantian District People’s Procuratorate in Guangdong's Shenzhen city is prosecuting Hong Kong activists Quinn Moon and Tang Kai-yin for "organizing an illegal border crossing," which carries a maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment, and Li Tsz-yin; Andy Li; Wong Wai-yin, and Kok Tsz-lun for "ill...

Hong Kong lambasts Pompeo over calling for release of 12 Hong Kongers ANI | Updated: Dec 20, 2020 02:23 IST Hong Kong, December 20 (ANI): Hong Kong has slammed the United States Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo and accused him of "totally disregarding the facts" while backing the case of 12 Hong Kongers arrested while they were trying to flee to Taiwan. Hong Kong administration's reaction comes after Pompeo tweet asking China to release 12 people immediately. "Hong Kong 12 should be released immediately. Their so-called 'crime' was to flee tyranny. Com...

CCP turning Hong Kong into East Berlin of yesteryear: Pompeo ANI | Updated: Dec 19, 2020 21:08 IST Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The United States has called for the release of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were detained in China for fleeing to Taiwan in order to escape Beijing's exercise of the draconian National Security Law, the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Saturday. Pompeo slammed the Chinese Communist Party for turning Hong Kong into "East Berlin of yesteryear." "The Hong Kong 12 should be released immediately. Their ...

Updated 11:51 PM ET, Sun December 20, 2020 Hong Kong and London (CNN)In the dark small hours, two recurring nightmares terrorize the sleep of Eddie Chu. In the first, he is lost overseas and cannot get home to Hong Kong. In the second, the former lawmaker is day tripping with his nine-year-old daughter. The latter scenario might not sound nightmarish, but democracy activist Chu, 43, knows what it symbolizes: his dread of being separated from his daughter if he eventually goes to jail. The first embodies his other major fear: being exiled from Hong Kong. As a global pandemic brought life in ma...

China Charges Hong Kong Activists Caught Fleeing to Taiwan The group has been denied access to lawyers hired by their families, raising fears in Hong Kong. University students in Hong Kong putting up banners demanding the release of 12 protesters caught fleeing the city in August.Credit...Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times The case has become a focal point for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition, which, after months of intense protests last year, has been checked by a wide-ranging crackdown and the imposition of a tough national security law on the semiautonomous Chinese territory. The eff...