On May 11, Fui Tang, once crowned a Muay Thai champion in Hong Kong, arrived in Canada not to fight in a ring, but to seek refuge from what he described as a brutal campaign of state-sponsored persecution. The 39-year-old athlete turned paralegal and pro-democracy activist now lives in hiding while applying for political asylum.
His girlfriend, 31-year-old Law Ka Yee, fled alongside him after being arrested multiple times and subjected to what she describes as repeated sexual violence and dehumanization at the hands of Hong Kong police. Tang’s ex-girlfriend also said she was targeted, assaulted, and coerced into framing him as part of a broader crackdown against political dissidents.
An Entrepreneur With a Voice
Tang, born Chan Chin Yip, built a reputation as a fierce competitor in the ring and a successful entrepreneur outside of it. After graduating from university in the field of fashion design, he owned a hair salon, a car detailing business, and worked part-time as a paralegal.When the protests erupted, Tang chose to speak out. Using his public profile, Tang appeared in interviews, documentaries, and even paid for pro-democracy ads in independent media. He became a vocal critic of police violence, advocating for arrested protesters and challenging the regime’s narratives.
On his left leg, he tattooed the protest slogans “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” and “Refusal to Submit Is Our Only Weapon.”
The Bombshell Exposé
Tang’s activism took a deeper turn in 2020, when he publicly accused his father, a local mafia leader in the walled villages of Hong Kong, of helping to organize the infamous mob attack in Yuen Long Station on July 21, 2019, where assailants all dressed in white T-shirts beat protesters and civilians.Tang said his father told him days earlier that they were being paid by Mainland China officials to carry out the assault and that police would not interfere. He recognized many of the attackers from the walled village and said his father later admitted he would “collect the cheque” from China.
Disgusted, Tang cut ties with his father and shared his account in an interview with The Epoch Times in 2020, further inflaming tensions with the Hong Kong police.
Arrested, Tortured, and Dehumanized
On the evening of Nov. 14, 2024, Tang and Law were alone in their apartment when the police stormed in, without a warrant or identification, during a food delivery.According to Tang, a group of 10 armed men, two with Mainland Chinese accents, cut the CCTV camera wires, assaulted his roommate, and dragged the couple into the living room.
Tang said he was paraded in the room naked and beaten with batons, accused of collusion with foreign forces and subversion. When he denied the allegations, the beatings escalated.
Law was gagged, and her hands were tied. She said a female officer repeatedly slapped her while male officers molested her, pulled down her pants, and forced her to accuse Tang of extortion.
Tang says an officer used the bathroom and then gave him an ultimatum—get shot, watch his girlfriend be raped, or eat feces. “They shoved my head into the bathroom and forced me to eat it,” he said. “I had no choice.”
After their arrest, the couple was taken to Kwun Tong Police Station, where the abuse continued. Tang said he was forced to record two confessions, which he later retracted, and was beaten unconscious and hospitalized under police guard. The police threatened Tang, saying that any formal complaint by him would have ramifications for his girlfriend.
The following day, Tang was transferred to Chai Wan Police Station, where the abuse became even more severe. He was dragged into the men’s restroom and beaten so badly that he vomited repeatedly. Officers attempted to force him to eat his own vomit. When he refused, they continued punching his face. Due to visible injuries, the police paused video recording and switched to taking written statements.
“My lead attorney saw the abuse but was threatened with arrest if he tried to intervene,” Tang said.
On Nov. 16, 2024, the police charged Tang with extortion and perverting the course of justice. He was remanded to Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre without bail.
After several failed applications, Tang was finally granted bail on Dec. 2, 2024. At the time, he did not dare speak to the media or tell anyone what happened. He feared his girlfriend would be sexually abused again or that he would suffer worse consequences.
His trial was scheduled for May 13, 2025. Fearing indefinite detention or worse, Tang took advantage of an opportunity to travel to Thailand for a Muay Thai competition to leave Hong Kong on May 10. From Thailand, he fled to Canada via Taiwan.
Sexual Violence by HK Police Officers
Law recounted being arrested three times and subjected to repeated sexual violence and torture.On Oct. 5, 2024, she was forcibly taken from her home by officers from Kwun Tong Police Station for what they described as a “routine inquiry” related to her partner’s political activities.
Upon arrival at the police station, she was placed alone in an interrogation room with three male officers, who questioned her about Tang’s whereabouts, their relationship, and financial matters. After denying any knowledge, the officers pulled her from her chair, tied her hands behind her back, and pinned her face down on the interrogation table. The officers beat and molested her.
She described one officer whispering into her ear, “You’ll pay for protecting a traitor.”
Law passed out during the assault. When she regained consciousness, she was lying on the floor, disheveled and bleeding. The officers warned her that if she told anyone or tried to file a complaint, “we’ll make sure your mother gets a visit.”
After five more hours in custody, she was released without any paperwork or explanation. In the weeks that followed, Law stayed inside her apartment. She had trouble eating, sleeping, and functioning.
“Every time I close my eyes, I relive the assault,” she said. “I didn’t go to the hospital because I was afraid they would report me. I didn’t file a complaint because it was the police who did it.”
Later that month, Law received two anonymous phone calls from a man who said, “Don’t forget what happened last time. You won’t survive the next one.”
Then came the Nov. 14, 2024, arrest detailed above, when Law and Tang were arrested and beaten in their apartment.
“This time, it happened in front of my partner,” she said. Law said the officers sexually assaulted her “and said if Tang resisted, they would fully rape me.”
“We both knew we were powerless. They used me as leverage to force his compliance. The trauma of that moment is indescribable. It wasn’t just pain. It was a complete erasure of my dignity and humanity.”
On Nov. 18, 2024, when Law went to sign in at Kwun Tong Police Station, officers took her in for questioning. They demanded she confess to colluding with foreign forces alongside Tang. They warned her that if she confessed, she would no longer have to check in. If she refused, they would beat her. She refused and was raped again by an officer. In February 2025, Law discovered she was pregnant. Overwhelmed by shame and trauma, she contemplated suicide but ultimately decided to terminate the pregnancy.
In early May, with help from friends and contacts sympathetic to her situation, Law left Hong Kong and flew to Taiwan. She arrived in Canada in mid-May.
After a period of deep emotional trauma, Law said she found the courage to speak out.
Through private channels, Tang and Law later identified the names and badge numbers of three police officers. When The Epoch Times sought comment from the Hong Kong Police Force, a duty press officer from the Police Public Relations Branch responded that no relevant incidents had been found, and the Complaints Against Police Office had not received any such complaints.
When asked specifically about the three identified officers, the police replied: “Based on the information provided by your newspaper, the police have no further comment.”
Tang’s ex-girlfriend, Ms. Fok (who does not wish to reveal her full name), also now in Canada, shared her story with The Epoch Times as well. In May 2024, Tang, in his capacity as a paralegal, accompanied her to file a report against a man she accused of rape and blackmail. However, she was detained, beaten, and coerced into oral sex at the station. Police filmed the act and threatened to release the footage unless she signed a false statement accusing Tang of perverting the course of justice.
Under duress, she was forced to sign a false confession claiming Tang had instructed her to submit a fake report. Three days later, unable to endure the humiliation, she filed a complaint with the Complaints Against Police Office. Fok stressed that she has no criminal record and that the police were clearly targeting Tang. Unable to find anything compromising on him, they targeted those around him.
“They couldn’t get to him, so they went after us,” she said. “We were just tools to destroy his life.”
When asked for comment by The Epoch Times, the police spokesperson replied that the complaint by Ms. Fok was being processed in accordance with established procedures and declined to comment on individual cases.
‘We Must Speak the Truth’
Now living in Canada, Tang remains under emotional and financial strain but says he feels morally obligated to tell the world what he witnessed.“If we’re beaten, tortured, and stay silent, then that suffering is in vain,” he said. “There are still people locked up in Hong Kong who can’t speak out. Now that I’m in Canada, where I have freedom of speech, I must tell the world what really happened.”
He said Hong Kong’s legal system has collapsed under the CCP’s authoritarian rule. “This is not the city I grew up in,” he said. “Even legal defense work has become dangerous. Hong Kong is now a place where [telling] the truth gets you arrested, or worse.”\
