I think it's usually a part of the deal that they make with their collaborators. A ton of Tiananmen student protest leaders were able to emigrate to Western countries. But China is more powerful now so they can't snake them out willy nilly.

Under Hong Kong laws he can't be charged as an adult for things he did as a minor.

However, he wasn't a minor when he held elected office.

And it's no coincidence that the first set of protests went off when he ceased to be a minor and became a much more useful pawn for the US, after they built him up as some kind of messianic child prodigy in the preceding years.

And yeah, 18 is still just a kid in many ways, but so many of us fuck up at that age and spend our lives affected by the consequences. The difference between Wong and the people in this community who fucked up at 18, is that Wong will be able to get a book deal out of his fuckup when he gets out.

He was arrested in September 2020 and is awaiting sentencing for conspiracy to commit subversion over his role in an unofficial primary election.

Doesn't seem like the focus of his arrest is because of his student activism. He would've been 23 at this point. Not quite a child, but more than old enough to know what he was doing was subversive.

kid or not, he had enough time to think things through and did not. Do not feel sorry for him, he absolutely enjoyed his TIME awards and "nobel peace prize" nominations, now it's time to reap the consequences of his actions.

He was 24 years old. A grown adult with the capacity of free will. He did an untold amount of damage and harm.

还不如汪精卫呢 汪精卫至少写的出 引刀成一快，不负少年头呢