Despite his trial on Monday in Hong Kong, Benny Tai was kind enough to answer some questions written by DC Founder and Editor-in-Chief Adrian Tawfik to help inform our readers about what lies ahead.
Benny Tai articles
Benny Tai Yiu-ting is an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong. He initiated the Occupy Central Movement with Love and Peace campaign in January 2013, demanding universal suffrage by "international standards" for the 2017 Chief Executive election and 2020 Legislative Council Elections. Tai is the target of attacks by the pro-Beijing camp, and even received death threats.
URGENT: DC Author and Hong Kong Protest Leader Facing Jail
Democracy Chronicles author Benny Tai emailed asking that we do our best to share this call for help. Benny and his friends will stand trial in Hong Kong on November 19.
Political Infiltration at the Hong Kong University Council
I write not as an application for review by the HKU council. I have reasonable suspicion that the council has been politically infiltrated. I believe any request to review its own politically tainted decisions will not receive any impartial and fair treatment by the council.
An Essay That Changes Hong Kong
All of a sudden, the idea of civil disobedience springs up. The thought of coercion by protest is then transformed. It now becomes an awakening movement in which participants are willing to shoulder any legal responsibility out of the spirit of self-sacrifice.