Hong Kong Indigenous convenor Ray Wong allowed to travel to India for human rights conference after bail conditions changed
Wong plans to ‘talk about Hong Kong’s human rights situation’ at conference attended by Dalai Lama
Activist Ray Wong Toi-yeung, convenor of the radical localist group accused of instigating the Mong Kok riot, is set to talk about Hong Kong’s human rights situation at a conference at the Dalai Lama’s residence in India next month.
This became possible after Kowloon City Court approved his application to change his bail conditions, allowing him to leave the city from April 26 to May 5 before he makes another court appearance on May 10.
Prosecutor Ned Lai Ka-yee, who asked for the adjournment pending further police investigations and legal advice from the Department of Justice, was neutral about the application.
But Wong, a leader of Hong Kong Indigenous and a freelance interior decorator, will have to pay additional cash bail of HK$50,000 and surrender his travel documents to the court within 24 hours of his return.
The 22-year-old was released on cash bail of HK$100,000 and a cash surety of HK$100,000 from his mother after he was charged with one count of rioting last month.
It was alleged that he took part in a riot with otherson February 8 and 9 in Mong Kok.
No plea was taken before principal magistrate Peter Law Tak-chuen on Tuesday.