Hong Kong ex-lawmaker calls prison experience surreal

Lawmakers Claudia Mo and Gary Fan give a press conference next to Legislative Council in Hong Kong on July 4, 2019. Four former Hong Kong opposition lawmakers who were jailed in the city's largest national security case were released on April 29, 2025 after completing their prison terms, the first among 45 convicted to regain their freedom. - AFP

HONG KONG: A former Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker on Friday (May 2) recounted her "surreal" experience being jailed for more than four years under the city's national security law.

Claudia Mo, 68, was among the 45 Hong Kong opposition figures imprisoned in the city's largest national security case, after they held an informal election in 2020 that authorities deemed a "conspiracy to subvert the state power".