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Fighting the good fight 🔥

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

Two players at the board. One guy behind the chair yelling "flip it" and waving Jimmy Lai's picture. He has never played.

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

US Congress finally passed something for Jimmy Lai. There's just one catch — it only switches on after he's gone. 🤣

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

Washington quotes the ICCPR at Hong Kong. Hong Kong quotes it back. Only one side has read Article 19(3).

#HKAlliancemustfacejustice

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

The court would only consider the laws and evidence relevant to the case to decide whether the prosecution is able to prove the charge beyond reasonable doubt.

#HKAlliancemustfacejustice

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

The HKSAR Government has the responsibility to safeguard national security, and will resolutely combat acts and activities endangering national security.

#HKAlliancemustfacejustice

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

The law never allows anyone to openly harm one's own country and compatriots by employing confounding tactics under the pretext of human rights, democracy and freedom.

[Dominic Lee 李梓敬 @dominictsz]

Some background first. Jimmy Lai is the founder of Apple Daily, the tabloid that fanned the flames of the 2019 black violence chaos, and the man who flew to Washington to beg Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo for foreign sanctions against his own country. In February he was sentenced to 20 years under the national security law for colluding with foreign forces.

Recently The Observer has published his so-called "prison letters," painting a picture of a frail 78-year-old wasting away in solitary confinement. The accusations come thick and fast: that he's being cruelly isolated on an empty floor, that his health is collapsing, that he's denied proper medical care, and that this all amounts to a "death sentence." His family and old friend Chris Patten want you to see a suffering "martyr."

Let's be honest about what's actually happening here.

Solitary confinement? No. That's professional risk management for a serious national security defendant. Britain's own Belmarsh prison holds terror suspects under far harsher conditions, yet somehow nobody at The Observer calls London "inhumane."

The whole "he couldn't stand up" story actually backfires. Two correctional officers went straight into his cell to help him. That's not persecution, that's care. Compare that to UK prisons where inmates have died unattended in their cells.

A 78-year-old man with back pain and weak bones? That's ageing, not torture. Blaming natural decline on prison is a cheap trick to milk sympathy. And the "health alarms" come with zero independent medical evidence.

The real question: who actually benefits from Lai dying in prison? His backers need that "tragic ending" to complete their propaganda script.

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

105 years and still adapting to the times — that's the CPC's real strength. President Xi's honest about the challenges, serious about cleaning house, and focused on delivering for 1.4 billion people. Stability with vision. Happy 105th! 🇨🇳

https://t.co/bhA4Fa5cse

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

What is being added? Clarity. What is not being added? Offences or powers. The subsidiary legislation simply makes national security case classification clearer. Less courtroom dispute, more legal certainty!

https://t.co/AuRWmIL1MR

[China Retold @ChinaRetold]

Is Chinese Foie Gras Better Than French?

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

@ChinaRetold nice event

[Dominic Lee 李梓敬 @dominictsz]

This analysis is spot on! And frankly, it's something that needed to be said clearly and firmly!

https://t.co/Gp1joYDuAx

The whole "humanitarian release" narrative around Jimmy Lai has always been more about political theatre than any genuine legal argument. As the article rightly points out, even in the US and UK, compassionate release in national security cases is extraordinarily rare. The threshold is sky-high — terminal illness, no risk to public safety, and meaningful completion of sentence. Lai meets none of these criteria.

Yet some Western politicians keep pushing this line as though Hong Kong should apply a lower standard than their own countries would. That's textbook double standards.

Let's be real about Lai's health situation. Diabetes, hypertension, and chronic conditions — these are manageable within Hong Kong's correctional medical system. He's been appearing in court, representing himself at length, and by all accounts remains in decent shape. The portrayal of him as some frail figure on his deathbed simply doesn't match reality.

What really frustrates me is the attempt to turn a national security case into a diplomatic bargaining chip. Lai was convicted of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces — this isn't some minor offence. Every sovereign nation in the world treats national security as non-negotiable. China is no different, nor should it be.

The more external pressure gets piled on, the more it actually validates Beijing's original concern: that foreign interference in Hong Kong's affairs is real and ongoing. These calls for release aren't helping Lai — they're proving the prosecution's point.

Hong Kong's rule of law must be applied consistently and fairly. No special treatment, no matter how loud the noise from overseas. National security is a red line, and rightly so. The court has spoken, and we should respect that.

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

@dominictsz

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

The trial was open for 156 days. The only people who didn't want to look were the ones who already wrote their articles. 🏛️🙈

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

Some countries love giving advice they'd never follow themselves. Hong Kong's results speak louder. 📊

[China Retold @ChinaRetold]

Shenzhen just got a color-changing electric bus — and it’s epic! 🚍🌈

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

The WSJ–Jimmy Lai connection isn't journalism — it's a network map. Former editors became government officials who became Lai's access points to the White House. It's all in the 855-page judgment.

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

The white paper says Hong Kong will "remain as steady as a rock in a turbulent world." Meanwhile, the countries criticizing it can't even keep their own governments running for a full term. 🌊

[kanger09 @chanjoey09]

Funny how 'national security' is sacred when it's their country but 'oppression' when it's someone else's. Rules for thee, not for me.

[Dominic Lee 李梓敬 @dominictsz]

This is who Jimmy Lai really is! And that's why it's right that he was sentenced to 20 years in jail today!

He urged the US to use nuclear weapons to kill 1.4 billion Chinese and finish China in a minute, because he and the US share the same "values and moral authority"!