Hong Kong prosecutors seek arrest warrants for ‘absconded’ Nathan Law and fellow activist over banned June 4 vigil
- Both are among 26 opposition figures charged over the unauthorised assembly in Victoria Park this summer
- Law, a former lawmaker, left Hong Kong on June 27 before he was served with the summons
Hong Kong’s justice department is seeking arrest warrants for two activists accused of fleeing the city after taking part in this year’s banned June 4 candlelight vigil marking the Tiananmen crackdown.
Nathan Law Kwun-chung and Sunny Cheung Kwan-yang, who left Hong Kong before Tuesday’s hearing at West Kowloon Court, were among 26 opposition figures charged over the unauthorised assembly in Victoria Park this summer.
“We insist that condemning the Tiananmen massacre is no crime. We will keep up with the struggle,” said Lee Cheuk-yan, who is one of the 26 and chairman of vigil organiser, the Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China.
In a joint hearing for the 39 charges, prosecutor Anthony Chau Tin-hang said Cheung, a former student leader, left the city on August 14, eight days after police notified him of the summons.
