Powerful people ‘threatened’ radical Hong Kong localist and his family after Mong Kok riots arrest
Ray Wong Toi-yeung says his relatives have been hit with threats that he could disappear like bookseller Lee Po
A key figure of localist group Hong Kong Indigenous claims his family has received threats from “powerful people” to make him disappear like Lee Po, the bookseller allegedly spirited to the mainland late last year.
Speaking of his experiences since his February 21 arrest over his alleged role in the Mong Kok riot, Ray Wong Toi-yeung said his relatives were contacted by different people through various channels, including by phone and middlemen, in the days after the event.
Wong refused to identify the callers but claimed they were not from Hong Kong, did not speak Cantonese and wanted to meet him directly.
“These were people with powerful backgrounds. I think everyone can guess who these people are,” he said.
“Some of these people succeeded in reaching my family members and in the course of their conversations, there was coercion and cajoling.
“They said they’d be able to find me and when they do, they would catch me. They also referred to the case of Mr Lee Po.”
