Hong Kong's former British colonial governor Chris Patten speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong on September 19, 2017. -AFP
HONG KONG: Former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten said Tuesday the move by the city government to seek a retrial of young democracy activists which eventually saw them jailed was a “political decision”, as he called for dialogue to heal entrenched divisions.
Patten was the last governor of Hong Kong before it was handed back to China in 1997 and has repeatedly spoken out about the importance of protecting its democratic freedoms.
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