Wen Wei Po reports on its front page that @SunnyCheungky, one of the most visible advocates throughout 2019 for the passage of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, has fled the city and is now in the UK.
In December 2017, a report from Wen Wei Po was the first public indication that Ray Wong had fled Hong Kong.
That was a time when the idea of a member of HK's political opposition absconding was novel, let alone subsequently being granted political asylum
Ray Wong was awaiting trial on rioting charges. Sunny Cheung's first time being charged with any offence was less than two weeks ago, though his testimony at a US congressional hearing would surely violate the national security law if it were retroactive.
Hours after the HKHRDA was signed into law, @SunnyCheungky discussed with me the ongoing drafting of a sanctions list, with Carrie Lam at the top tier of that list.
Who could have predicted that that scenario would become reality less than a year later?
Without addressing Cheung’s specific whereabouts, @nathanlawkc has dismissed the second element of Wen Wei Po’s story, which claimed that Cheung planned to link up with him in the UK to establish a “parliament-in-exile.”
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