More than 10,000 people were arrested during the 2019 anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong. Of those, about 3,000 were indicted and approximately 700 are serving time in correctional institutions for “rioting.”
Recently, Danny Woo Ying-ming, Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong (ICAC), and former Commissioner of Correctional Services (CS), criticized some district councillors for inciting the inmates to continue their protests during their official prison visits.
Former Yau Tsim Mong district councillor Ben Lam Siu-pan said during an interview with The Epoch Times that Woo’s accusation was irresponsible, slanderous, and an attempt to deprive the district councillors of their right to apply for official prison visits….