Hong Kong: deputy Ted Hui in exile in Europe
Pro-democracy opposition MP Ted Hui in court in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, November 19, 2020. REUTERS - LAM YIK
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The noose is tightening more and more on the Democratic deputies of Hong Kong.
After the arrest on Thursday of opposition press mogul Jimmy Lai, remanded in custody as part of a fraud investigation, MP Ted Hui confirmed he had chosen exile to escape related prosecution, among others, to his participation in the protest movement against the national security law dictated by Beijing.
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It was from Copenhagen in Denmark that Ted Hui confirmed his exile, the rumor had been running for a few days.
He plans to travel to the UK, where he hopes to bring his parents, wife and children, who have already left Hong Kong.
They too feel threatened, he explained.
“
There are no words to express my pain,”
said the 38-year-old MP, who renounces his country and his political career because with
“
the
national security law,
Hong Kong has fallen into the darkness of tyranny
”.
Already
arrested twice
, Ted Hui was free on bail.
He had recovered his passport thanks to an official invitation to a conference.
In Hong Kong, he is facing numerous prosecutions related to his participation in pro-democracy demonstrations and the
disruption of a session of Parliament
during the passage of a law punishing with 3 years in prison any contempt of the anthem. Chinese national.
Ted Hui had shortly after slammed the door of Parliament in November with all the deputies of the Democratic camp following the exclusion of four elected officials disqualified by Beijing.
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See also: Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy tycoon, prosecuted for fraud
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