joining us activist sonny chung now in exile in the u.k. these days sonny you fled hong kong last year because of what looked like your imminent arrest now we've seen the verdicts your decision to leave must feel somewhat justified. arbitrated yes it is so bad i left home colmes we already we are large starts at dissipate as their regime lots of arrests political crackdown by day she will not stop the city viciously a real shift us or shipping this really hawkish on home combatant day a reason to pay the price to get on a home call wreak of the canvas of how much how many sentient that will be implemented by t. international community and that's why many political prisoners are now detained that you hold home and many people also go you're sol and that is fairly simple give us a sense of how important these figures are martin lee jim ely most viewers might not be familiar with their names but what do they mean to hong kong ors. martini actually and many at this they're very senior and old democracy campaign is form at that case actually of c

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all right let's talk now to a sonny chung a hunk kang activist and politician currently in exile in the u.k. mr hume very warm welcome firstly i want to get your reaction to today's sentences please i think this sentence is actually the latest escalation in the thought the passion that's actually effectively tried to side as the political opposition it all and that's all just devilish a presidency is going to create all the price to crack down that it will crack it with once you and that's the sweet on mommy. now beijing it appears is is not backing down as quassia all dissent in hong kong so in terms of hong kong's freedoms is the pro-democracy movement a lost cause at this stage i think many a major political campaign is being arrested and today you see the lie to be they are they did have been sacrificing their careers and lives the whole call thought that case and now they are all being arrested and that's i mean starts actually yes it's more difficult for us to fight for democracy however i think the the civil society to not give up on oversee activist astara the fresh to a structu