Ted Hui, a Hong Konger who fled to Australia via London in 2021, says he is now waiting for the Chinese Communist Party to fall.
Ted Hui is one of South Australia’s newest lawyers. He may also be one of Australia’s most-convicted legal practitioners.via London in 2021. He was on the run from Beijing’s oppressive crackdown in the former British territory, which has now had most freedoms wiped out for those who enjoyed the benefits of the One Party, Two Systems rule that the Chinese Communist Party promised in international law.
In the past, Hui said, activists thought of other ways – more peaceful, less radical ways – to negotiate with Beijing such as protests and civil disobedience. “In the long term, I want to focus on human rights and also international human rights law, so that I can pursue my goal of having the Hong Kong regime, which abused human rights to pay a price.But Hui says while he gains the experience required to work in international law, there are practical ways he will continue helping Hong Kong with his new qualifications.
Lai and six other pro-democracy campaigners had part of their convictions quashed by Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal this week but they remain in jail.
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