Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker granted asylum by Australia

Story: :: August 19, 2025

:: Adelaide, Australia

:: Former Hong Kong deputy exiled, greeting Australia by giving shelter to him and his family

:: Ted Hui, former Hong Kong deputy was exiled

“A really relief for myself and my family, because the last four years living in Australia, like how we will look, will go to school, my parents will spend years, so all these questions will be answered, so we can not see how much it will be very long.

:: Hong Kong gave Hui an award about his role in pro-democracy protests 2019

“Now this asylum brand, although I think that Australia to establish a stable relationship and economic connection with China, it also symbolizes that it is willing to agree with China. But it gives us more confidence by talking to Australia and its west allies for universal values. Now we have more confidence.”

Hui received asylum on Friday, August 15, four years after leaving Hong Kong, who offered him an award for criminal charges on protests.

Hui is now working as a lawyer in South Australia and said that the good news for his family came in a week and that Hong Kong’s friend was concerned about the national security charges of his pro -democracy businessman Jimmy Lai.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong expressed concerns with the Chinese counterpart Wang at a meeting that offers information about the HUI and his family about the anonymous letters circulating in southern Australia last month.

Australia The Federal Police Australia was investigating the issue, Hui said, but he added that he was accustomed to threats.