Photo taken on Dec 22, 2020 shows florist Elise Ip making a gift as part of the free "Send Flowers With You" project - which allows relatives and friends to receive gifts ordered by prisoners following last year's massive pro-democracy protests, at her studio in Hong Kong. - AFP
HONG KONG, Dec 26 (AFP): Samantha burst into tears when she opened the box from florist Elise Ip on Christmas Day. It was a surprise gift from her boyfriend, in custody for joining last year's Hong Kong protests.
"She loves dogs but she loves me more," he had written on a paper slip sent from a detention centre and relayed to Ip via a prisoner support group organised by former social welfare legislator Shiu Ka-chun.
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