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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Distraught family pleads with EU to intervene in Macau’s first national security trial

The last time Cherry Au spoke to her 68-year-old father, the call lasted just 54 seconds before a prison guard ordered him to hang up.

A year later, Cherry is still waiting to speak to Au Kam-San, one of Macau’s longest-serving lawmakers who remains incarcerated awaiting trial under the China-ruled city’s national security law. He is being held at the city’s Coloane prison.

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