Activist Nathan Law flees Hong Kong as protest slogan outlawed

HONG KONG: Nathan Law, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent young democracy activists, announced on Thursday he had fled overseas in response to Beijing imposing a sweeping security law on the city.

“I have already left Hong Kong and continue the advocacy work on the international level,” Law said in a short English message to journalists, declining to say which country he had gone to. “Based on risk assessment, I shall not reveal too much about my personal whereabouts and situation now,” the message added. The revelation Law had left the city came as the local government released a statement confirming that a popular protest slogan used over the last year was now illegal under Beijing’s new law.