Australia grants asylum to former Hong Kong lawmaker and pro-democracy activist

By Jessie Pang and Lewis Jackson

Hong Kong/Beijing (Reuters) -horg Kong -Democracy activist Ted Hui was refugeed in Australia, former MP Four years after leaving Hong Kong on Saturday, he faced accusations on pro -democracy protests on pro -democracy protests.

Hui, on Friday, approved the claim of the Australian Interior Ministry and received written notification and his wife, children and parents were also given a visa, he said.

“When the people around me tell me ‘congratulations’, I would like to thank them politely, I can’t help but I don’t worry in my heart. How will I congratulate a political refugee who missed his country?” He said on Facebook post.

“If there was no political persecution, I would never think of living in a foreign country. Migrants could always go back to their hometown to visit their relatives at any time, there is no home of exiles.”

The Ministry of Interior did not immediately answer the questions sent by E -Post sent after working hours.

The Hong Kong government and the Chinese Foreign Ministry did not immediately answer questions about the decision.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Arnavutu visited Beijing last month as a part of the years of pressure to improve his administration’s ties with China.

Hui, a former Democratic Party deputy, left Hong Kong in the late 2020 after he faced criminal charges on pro-democracy protests.

In 2023, Hong Kong blamed the seven other national security crimes, including him and his incentive incentive, and gave them $ 1 million ($ 127,782).

Australia said he was disappointed with the decision and worried about the law.

Jimmy Lai, a pro -democracy businessman, is currently being tried in Hong Kong on charges of a alleged national security law in Beijing and Sedition.

($ 1 = 7.8258 Hong Kong Dollar)

(Reporting by Lewis Jackson in Hong Kong in Beijing and Jessie Pang. Editing by Jane Merriman)