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Latest: I joined @abcnews& #39;s World tonight to talk about the arrest of #HongKong teen activist Tony Chung and two other teenage activists yesterday. In the first part of the interview, I highlighted how the arrest of high profile activists is the government& #39;s way to send ...
... warning to other young protesters and activists in #HK that if they continue to participate in any form of protest against the government under the #NSL, this is the kind of consequences that they could face.
In part 2 of the interview, I elaborated on how Tony Chung& #39;s attempt to seek help for arriving in #Taiwan back in July went unanswered and I explained why the government in Taiwan might have to take a more cautious line to handle cases involving high profile individuals ...
. The possible reasoning behind #Taiwan government& #39;s extremely careful way of handling potential asylum-seeking attempts from high-profile #HongKong activists is that if they outright assist these individuals from fleeing to Taiwan, it would be interpreted as a provocative ...
... against #Beijing. So instead of directly triggering a retaliation from Beijing, the Taiwanese government is carefully assessing the kind of cases that they can handle. Unfortunately, there is still no complete mechanism in place to assist potential asylum-seeking from ...
... high profile #HongKong activists, which leave their potential plan to seek short-term refuge in #Taiwan rather risky and unpredictable. @lnachman32 @MargaretKLewis @jwassers @sharonyamsy @SheenaGreitens
In part 3 of the interview, I further elaborated on why there haven& #39;t really been any high profile asylum-seeking cases from #HongKong in #Taiwan. The main point is the sensitive political nature of Taiwan& #39;s status and how it will be viewed by #Beijing.
For regular #HongKong people seeking to come to #Taiwan through regular immigration and employment route, the Hong Kong Taiwan Exchange Office is capable of offering such support. However, for high-profile HK activists, they will likely be left in limbo if they try ...
