Joshua Wong, a leader in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, headed to join protesters after his release from prison.
Joshua Wong, a leader in Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, headed to join protesters gathered near Hong Kong’s government headquarters after his release from prison.
“Hello world and hello freedom. GO HONG KONG!! he said in a tweet. “Withdraw the extradition bill. Carrie Lam step down. Drop all political persecutions.” Former Hong Kong legislator Lee Cheuk-yan says the activists’ mission has become a long-term struggle and not a daily struggle. “So if Carrie Lam does not respond to the five demands by the protesters, people will come back and the struggle will continue.”Joshua Wong, a leading figure in Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, has vowed to join the latest protests after he was released from prison.
Wong served a two-month sentence for contempt related to his involvement in the 2014 protests advocating a more democratic elections process. Their decision to leave major streets allowed police to reopen them to traffic, averting the possibility of clashes similar to those that broke out June 12, resulting in about 80 people being injured.Activists were staging strikes and other smaller events Monday. There are demanding that Hong Kong Chief Executive scrap a proposed extradition bill that she has suspended under intense pressure from residents worried it would undermine legal protections in the former British colony.
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