Fearing Persecution for Pro-Hong Kong Independence Stance, Former Studentlocalism Member Lau Hong Goes to UK to Seek Political Asylum
憂港獨立場遭迫害 前學生動源成員劉康抵英尋求政治庇護
Lau Hong, a former member of pro-localist student organisation Studentlocalism and chairman of the Hong Kong Utilitarian Party, said in a statement that he went to the UK in June this year to seek political asylum because he feared his political stance would face persecution following the implementation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong. He accused the Hong Kong government of persecuting people who advocate Hong Kong independence under the National Security Law, calling it an obvious "trampling on freedom of speech and a humanitarian disaster". He said that if he had not gone to the UK in time, "the Hong Kong government would arrest and persecute me today", and called on the UK, the US, the European Union, Taiwan, Japan and "all civilised countries" around the world to impose sanctions on the Hong Kong and Chinese governments.
本土派學生組織「學生動源」前成員、「香港效益主義黨」主席劉康發表聲明指，因《港區國安法》在港實施，擔心自己的立場會受到政治迫害，今年 6 月已赴英國尋求政治庇護。他指責港府以《國安法》迫害主張香港獨立人士，是明顯「踐踏言論自由、人道災難」，如自己沒有及時赴英，「今日香港政府就會拘捕我、迫害我」，呼籲英國、美國、歐盟、台灣、日本及全球「所有文明國家」制裁港府及中國政府。