Hong Kong democracy advocate seeks asylum in Britain

Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 29, 2023

Hong Kong democracy activist Tony Chung said Friday he had fled to Britain because he could no longer endure living in fear, with authorities pressuring him to become a paid informant while banning him from working. In 2021, Chung, then 20, became the youngest person to be imprisoned under Hong Kong's sweeping national security law - imposed after massive and at times violent pro-democracy