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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent

‘I already miss Hong Kong’: Democracy activist Tony Chung flees to the UK

Tony Chung at a protest in Hong Kong
Tony Chung was convicted of secession in 2021 and sentenced to 43 months in prison. Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

One of the youngest people to be jailed under Hong Kong’s national security law has fled to the UK, where he claimed asylum in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Tony Chung, 22, was released from prison in June but was required to meet regularly with Hong Kong’s national security police and abide by certain conditions, which included not leaving the territory without authorisation before June 2024.

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