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'Former pro-democracy politician Ted Hui — who is wanted by authorities in Hong
Kong — has been granted asylum in Australia.
He said the Australian government granted him a protection visa this week, with
asylum also extending to his wife, children and parents.
"I express my sincere gratitude to the government of Australia — both present
and former — for recognising our need for asylum and granting us this
protection," Mr Hui said in a Facebook post on Saturday.
He later spoke to the
ABC, saying his family was "very relieved".
"Given that it's been years that I've been living here in Australia, it came as
a little bit of a surprise," he said.
"From this point on, we can make longer life plans. For example, in the past,
we were under pressure because we didn't know which countries we'll be living
in, which schools to attend, and where we would work.
"So now all those questions are answered and those pressures are taken away."
Hong Kong has seen dissent quashed since Beijing imposed a sweeping national
security law following huge — and at times violent — democracy protests that
erupted in 2019.
Mr Hui was a high-profile participant at the time in those protests and was
arrested in China. He later settled in Adelaide.
"I left Hong Kong with a very heavy heart. I still remember when I declared my
exile when I was in Europe, I burst into tears knowing that I might not be able
to go back home again," he told the
ABC.
A vocal critic of Hong Kong and Beijing authorities, Mr Hui is among several
overseas activists targeted in 2023 by police bounties of $HK1 million
($200,000) each.
The bounties are seen as largely symbolic, given that they affect people living
abroad in nations unlikely to extradite political activists to Hong Kong or
China.
"A bounty is something that doesn't affect me in my daily life because I've
been [in Australia] like four years," Mr Hui said.
"Of course, you can't take away the possibility of someone trying to kidnap me
and send me back to Hong Kong or China illegally.
"But, generally speaking, I don't feel that it's very likely that it will
happen."'
Via Clarice Boomshakala.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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