A screengrab from a video by Wong Mau-chun, who says he was one of the persons rumored to have died during the riot police operation insidePrince Edward Station last year. A video, apparently by a man who was rumored to be missing, or died, during last year's police operation at Prince Edward MTR Station, has surfaced on the social media in which the person says he has fled to Britain and is living there now, RTHK reports. On August 31 last year, riot police raced into the station and battered and pepper-sprayed people as they detained them, in what was one of the most violent episodes of the months-long unrest. In a statement online, the person said he was Wong and that on July 17, the eve of a scheduled court hearing, he fled to the United Kingdom to seek political asylum. He also said in his statement that he will be revealing proof of his identity and give his account of the events later.

Source: The Standard August 31, 2020 04:40 UTC