Movement’s co-founders Benny Tai, Dr Chan Kin-man and Reverend Chu Yiu-ming face charges over public nuisanceMotion in House of Commons urges British government to raise the issue with Hong Kong’s leaders and ‘consider further action’
Hong Kong’s leader has hit out at British legislators who criticised the city’s prosecution of nine key figures from 2014’s pro-democracy Occupy protests, saying foreign politicians should not “interfere with the city’s internal affairs”.
The defendants, including Occupy co-founders Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Dr Chan Kin-man and Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, were charged with conspiracy to cause public nuisance, incitement to public nuisance, and incitement to incite public nuisance.
The motion, tabled by Fiona Bruce, chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, urged the British government to raise the issue with the Hong Kong government and “consider further action”. It was co-signed by seven other members of parliament.
Speaking in Papua New Guinea on Monday, Lam suggested the condemnation was tantamount to demanding certain decisions from the city’s justice department.
