Hong Kong activist Tony Chung flees to Britain

In November 2021, Tony Chung, who was then 20, was sentenced to 43 months in prison for trying to separate the city from China, and for money laundering. - TONY CHUNG/FACEBOOK

LONDON: Hong Kong student activist Tony Chung has fled to Britain, according to an Instagram post on Thursday (Dec 28).

Chung said in the post, which also carried a photo of his arrival at London's Heathrow Airport, that he arrived in Britain on Wednesday evening and that he would apply for asylum there.