Ted Hui Chi-fung, former Hong Kong Legislative Councillor, who announced his self-exile after he went to Denmark in 2020, was charged with four counts of criminal contempt of court. Judge Andrew Chan Hing-wai sentenced Hui in absentia on Sept. 29, to 3.5 years in prison and he must pay the punitive damages. Hui, who currently lives outside Hong Kong, responded on social media by saying “I despised it.”
Hui said in his Facebook post that after the Hong Kong National Security Law became effective, “the courts in Hong Kong have become that of the Communist Party, and political trials and sentences against dissidents have become the norm in Hong Kong.”
In response to Judge Chan’s statement that Hui’s failure to return to Hong Kong to respond to the trial undermined the public’s confidence in judicial justice, Hui said, “In fact, it is bigwigs like Mr. Chan who gladly accept to become a national security judge and endorse tyranny that has completely destroyed judicial justice in Hong Kong.”
He added, “Based on universal values and throughout history, it is the tyranny that is guilty, not the protesters.”
At the end of the post, Ted Hui emphasized that he would continue to fight for the freedom of Hongkongers to the end, and stated that he “will continue to publicly hold in contempt the unjust court of the Hong Kong Communist Party. Let the court sentence against the air, so that the world can see their insanity and incompetence.”
Hui had been charged with four criminal cases in 2020. He was able to have his travel restrictions lifted for a business trip to Denmark. He announced self-exile after he arrived in Denmark.
As he did not return to Hong Kong to appear in court as scheduled, he had been charged with contempt of court.
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