Hong Kong activist goes on hunger strike in Taiwan, urging people not to trust China

He also urged Taiwanese people not to trust China’s “ one country, two systems” model, saying if they accept it, the hard-earned democracy Taiwanese people are now enjoying could disappear one day.
 
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/10/05
By George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Hong Kong political dissident Lui Chi-hang (呂智恆) began a

Hong Kong political dissident Lui Chi-hang (center) began a seven-day hunger strike at Taiwan’s legislature on Tuesday night. (By Central News Agency)

hunger strike at Taiwan’s legislature on Tuesday night with an intention of warning Taiwanese people who stand for unification with China not to harbor unrealistic expectations.

Lui pitched a tent at a side entrance to the legislature around 4 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. He told the media that his hunger strike will last for a week from Oct. 3 to the Double Ten Day. He said he would only rely on sports drinks to survive the week.

Liu said he chose to stage the hunger strike on Mid-Autumn Festival also because he wanted to remind people in Taiwan and Hong Kong not to forget Taiwanese human rights advocate Lee Ming-cheh (李明哲), who was detained after traveling to China and was forced to plead guilty to Chinese state subversion charges, as well as Hong Kong student movement leader Wong Chi-fung, who was arrested for his role in the Occupation Movement.    [FULL  STORY]

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