By Haley Victory Smith
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/haley-victory-smith
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong says he believes he is being followed.
Wong repeatedly turned to look over his shoulder and out the back window during a Monday interview with the BBC that took place in a car.
"Maybe Chinese agents. I don't think they might be police," he said when asked who he thought were the occupants of a car behind him.
Wong was a leader in Hong Kong's 2014 umbrella movement and is now seeking a seat in the city's legislative council. China's new national security law, which he is protesting, criminalizes subversion, secession, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces. The law is written very vaguely, which has allowed it to be used to target opponents of the Chinese Communist Party. Wong said he fears that he may be the party's next target.
"After the national security law was implemented, it's hard for myself to ensure the personal safety, and I might be being chased by a private car or unknown people day by day," he said. "I wonder how many cars are waiting for me every day. It's crazy."
Wong added that it is not clear who may be following him, asserting that it might just be "pro-Beijing journalists." He said the worst thing that could happen to him would be getting arrested by Chinese agents and sent to Beijing for trial.
Under the new law, Wong could be eligible for years in prison. Already, demonstrators who have displayed Hong Kong independence flags have been arrested, and pro-democracy activists have been told that the primary election they held recently was "nakedly illegal."
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