Hong Kong 47: third batch of opposition activists freed after 4 years in prison
Carol Ng, Nathan Lau and Frankie Fung were sent home after completing sentences under national security law
Former union leader Carol Ng Man-yee, and activists Nathan Lau Chak-fung and Frankie Fung Tat-chun were the third batch of defendants in the landmark case to complete their jail terms. They were sentenced to four years and five months in prison.
The trio, who pleaded guilty, were sent separately to their residences in vans from the Lo Wu Correctional Institution and Stanley Prison on Monday morning.
Asked about his feelings, Lau smiled and shook his head.
Lau, 28, was the president of the student council at Hong Kong Shue Yan University and a standing committee member of the Hong Kong Federation of Students.
Ng, 54, was a flight attendant for British Airways. She founded the BA Hong Kong International Cabin Crew Association and had mounted several legal challenges against the employer over wages and anti-union practices, as well as age and sex discrimination.