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A correspondent. the shore new hong kong legislature has been a hot spot of the anti-government protests daniel chan has spent a lot of time here but that could change soon daniel not his real name was arrested and charged with rioting in july he faces up to 10 years behind bars now over a law it all halted the moment i was arrested i was very calm i was thinking about what i needed to do in a situation but when i was told what the charges were it felt like i was entering another world hong kong has some of the most draconian assembly laws in the world some of them have rarely been applied unt...

Tear gassed and i helped them wash their eyes out with saving solution $43.00 others were arrested the day daniel was detained or have been charged with writing the most severe offense on the books it is the most people facing such charges since hong kong was returned to china in 1997 the british government established the laws to quell anti-colonial unrest but they remained in place after the handover then a squawk a lawmaker who represents the legal professions in the legislature says charges are politically motivated. if one is to look at these cases. impartially i think i'm sure you'll fin...

A coward to get into fighting and i don't want to be beaten but i also don't want to stand there and do nothing so i went to the front line and to help those who were tear gassed and i helped them wash their eyes out with saving solution $43.00 others were arrested the day daniel was detained or have been charged with writing the most severe offense on the books it is the most people facing such charges since hong kong was returned to china in 1997 the british government established the laws to quell anti-colonial unrest but they remained in place after the handover then a squawk a lawmaker wh...

Now thinking twice about taking to the streets knowing that they too could face serious charges like daniel chan. well the interesting thing is that all these strategies off deterrence speed these charges these harsh charges against the protesters be it the threat to invade with the military police from china all these strategies of teachers have not worked in hong kong off course many hong kong has do not dare to go to these are an authorised protests for fear of being arrested or having trouble but there is still a huge number of people who go and who know that they face a lot of trouble but...

A statement to g.w. the department of justice denies political considerations it insists prosecutors would act fairly and impartially daniel chan is not convinced. that i try not to think too much about the possibility that i might go to prison for the next decade. and like i would rather focus on what i can do to support the movement. to worry about the sentence will just demoralize me. something i thought this trial is scheduled for the end of this month but whatever the outcome might be the government's strategy has already had an impact since july daniel hasn't taken part in any more prote...