For people who question how Dr. Yan got out - this thread explains some details. Keep an open mind before you question her legitimacy.

1. Dr. Yan was being monitored but was still free to move around. She was a top scientist so they wouldn’t just lock her up. She had been staying in the lab to very late purposely for several days in a row before her day of escape. On the day of her escape, she only took her

2. purse and ticket, even left her laptop on at her office. People who were monitoring her thought she went to the lab again as usual. There was a car picking her up and sending her to the airport. There were people looking out for her. These people are #Whistleblowermovement

3. supporters. By the way, she got a new cellphone and had been using the new phone to coordinate the escape. She left her old phone in the office which was being monitored. Several hours after she left, the people monitoring her realizing she was gone, but not sure where she was

4. Police searched the entire HKU campus and her apartment to look for her. They at the same time notified Beijing who sent police to her hometown that same night to try to find out more and threat her family. The ticket bought for her was first class and under a different name.

5. Few hours before flight, the name was changed to hers. With first class ticket, you can do that. The name was changed to hers but with one letter incorrect. FYI you can still board a fight with your passport even the name is one letter off. It just took a little time to fix.