Nikkei Asia – Opinion: Hong Kongers’ fears of extradition to China are coming true

Patrick Poon 潘嘉偉
1 min readFeb 8, 2024

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Thanks Nikkei Asia for publishing my article and thanks a lot for the editor’s edits!

Also see the full article below:

OPINION

Hong Kongers’ fears of extradition to China are coming true

Case of vanished law student highlights anxieties about proposed security law

Patrick Poon

February 9, 2024 05:00 JST

Patrick Poon is a visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo and a member of the board of the Japan-Hong Kong Democracy Alliance. He was previously the greater China researcher for Amnesty International in Hong Kong.

Zeng Yuxuan, a law student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, disappeared four months ago.

Her last known whereabouts was a Hong Kong prison where she was serving a six-month sentence for sedition over her plans to display a banner commemorating the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre and the disappearance of a Hong Kong statue that memorialized the students who were killed.

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Patrick Poon 潘嘉偉
Patrick Poon 潘嘉偉

Written by Patrick Poon 潘嘉偉

在日本的香港人,常常在學習言論自由和文化 A Hong Konger in Japan, always studying freedom of expression and cultures 📧p@poon.jp

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