Hong Kong military veterans fight for right to live in Britain

Old-timer: Leung Wai-sang, 70, who was a driver while serving in the colonial-era transport corps in the 1960s, showing a photograph of himself in uniform in Hong Kong. — AFP

HONG KONG: Hong Kong military veterans who served in the British armed forces are going into battle against their former colonial ruler over their right to live in Britain.

With some locals increasingly anxious about Beijing’s encroaching influence in Hong Kong, the veterans have become the latest group to put pressure on Britain to provide an escape route.