A Hong Kong democracy activist’s long-awaited London reunion may be cut short
Wu Chi-wai was allowed into the U.K. on seven-day immigration bail, raising the risk he could be removed before months with his family.
- Former pro-democracy lawmaker Wu Chi-wai reunited with his family in London last week after U.K. border authorities granted him a seven-day immigration bail upon his arrival last Wednesday.
- Wu served four years and five months in prison for conspiracy to commit subversion under a Beijing-imposed security law that crushed Hong Kong's democracy movement after his 2021 arrest.
- During his incarceration, Wu could speak to his wife and son for only 10 minutes once a month, enduring significant psychological blows while missing his parents' funerals behind bars.
- Authorities changed Wu's return flight to Wednesday, forcing him to leave the U.K. far earlier than his planned months-long stay, though he denied seeking asylum in the country.
- The Home Office maintains it supports Hong Kongers, with over 230,000 residents having secured special visas allowing permanent residence after five years, though it declined to comment on Wu's specific case.
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HK activist’s family reunion in London may be cut short
After spending more than five years in Hong Kong’s prison, former pro-democracy lawmaker Wu Chi-wai (胡志偉) finally got to embrace his wife and son in London last week. They wept with joy. However, he could be sent back to the Chinese territory this week, far earlier than planned.Wu, former chairman o
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