Hong Kong 47: Tiffany Yuen freed after over 4 years in prison

Tiffany Yuen Ka-wai, one of 47 Hong Kong opposition figures charged in the city’s largest national security case so far, has been released from prison after serving a sentence of four years and three months.

Yuen, a former member of the Southern District Council, left Lo Wu Correctional Institution at around 5.40am on Tuesday. According to local media, two black seven-seaters with their curtains drawn were seen leaving the compound, believed to be transporting Yuen.

A source said the 31-year-old returned home after 6am and was reunited with her family.

She was among the 45 former politicians and activists convicted of and sentenced for conspiracy to subvert state power under the Beijing-decreed national security law for their involvement in an illegal legislative “primary” election in 2020 that formed part of a plot to overthrow the government.

Tiffany Yuen returned home after 6am and was reunited with her family, a source said. Photo: Handout
Tiffany Yuen returned home after 6am and was reunited with her family, a source said. Photo: Handout

Yuen, who pleaded guilty to the subversion charge, had been detained since 2021. She was also formerly a member of the now-disbanded localist party Demosisto.

Source link

Visited 1 times, 1 visit(s) today

Related Article

Hong Kong set for hot weather of up to 33 degrees before thunderstorms return on Sunday

Hong Kong set for hot weather of up to 33 degrees before thunderstorms return on Sunday

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong is bracing for scorching heat before showers and thunderstorms return from Sunday amid a developing area of low pressure, according

Hong Kong police arrest 10 in crackdown on HK$4 million upskirt photo operation

Hong Kong police arrest 10 in crackdown on HK$4 million upskirt photo operation

Hong Kong police have arrested 10 people for allegedly operating a social media group selling upskirt photos of women, with suspected criminal proceeds reaching about HK$4 million (US$512,100). Senior Superintendent Frances Lee King-hei of the force’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau said on Wednesday that officers had found more than 15,000 upskirt images in a

Hong Kong urged to quickly adopt residency rule for subsidised university spots

Hong Kong urged to quickly adopt residency rule for subsidised university spots

Hong Kong should immediately introduce a residency period for subsidised university degree places instead of gradually implementing it over two years, to prevent the dependants of non-local talent from exploiting the transition, a concern group has said. The call was issued in a petition from the Hong Kong Local Students Rights Concern Group, but was

Hong Kong police seek public’s help to find missing father and son

Hong Kong police seek public’s help to find missing father and son

Hong Kong police have appealed for the public’s help to find a father and his 12-year-old son, who went missing in Hung Hom 10 days ago. The force said on Thursday that Tong Kin, 49, and Theo Tong Mang-shun were last seen on Po Loi Street on Monday last week. Their family filed a report

Hong Kong customs seizes 278 million cigarettes in tobacco smuggling crackdown

Hong Kong customs seizes 278 million cigarettes in tobacco smuggling crackdown

Hong Kong customs seized 278 million illicit cigarettes with an estimated market value of HK$1.25 billion (US$160.3 million) in more than 80 cases in the first half of the year as part of a cross-regional tobacco smuggling crackdown. The Customs and Excise Department said on Thursday that it had strengthened cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region

Judges wearing wigs and robes.

Hong Kong’s courtroom dramas

CLOSING ARGUMENTS are under way in the trial of Hong Kong’s most famous media mogul. Jimmy Lai’s publications cheered the millions who marched against the territory’s government in 2019. The charismatic billionaire could have fled. But Mr Lai stayed, and now stands accused of sedition and collusion with foreign forces. The verdict is expected to

Venise Chan beat Man Kwan-wun 11-5, 11-5 in a qualifier on Thursday. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong Open: ‘M’ Mark pickleball tournament kicks off at Kai Tak

The Pickleball Hong Kong Open began on Thursday with the action taking place at Kai Tak Arena. There were two all-Hong Kong women’s quarter-final clashes in the qualifiers, with Venise Chan overcoming Man Kwan-wun before Lam Ying-suet beat Magdaleine Wong-yuet – both victories coming in straight sets. Chan will now face Tang Nok-yiu, ranked No

Jimmy Lai’s national security trial is reaching its conclusion. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong judges, Jimmy Lai’s lawyers lock horns over ‘armchair punditry’

Lawyers for former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying have argued that his “armchair punditry” did not support prosecutors’ contention that he masterminded a conspiracy to instigate Western sanctions, prompting a judge to note that his comments could be interpreted as “disguised requests”. Lai’s lawyers and the three presiding judges hearing his national security