National security law: Hong Kong hospital worker sent back to jail after breaching bail conditions
- Winnie Yu, 34, is among the 47 opposition figures facing subversion charges over an unofficial primary election in 2020
- The hospital clerk was detained when she reported back to Sha Tin Police Station on Monday following a complaint lodged to the force
An activist hospital worker was sent back to jail to await a subversion trial after a magistrate found she had breached the stringent bail conditions imposed on her under Hong Kong’s national security law.
Winnie Yu Wai-ming was escorted in a police van to West Kowloon Court on Tuesday, where prosecutors sought to have her bail revoked on the grounds she had again committed acts that had endangered national security.
The 34-year-old hospital clerk is one of 47 opposition figures facing subversion charges over an unofficial primary election in 2020 aimed at picking candidates for the postponed Legislative Council election.
She is the founder and former chairwoman of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance, a union that emerged from the anti-government protest movement in 2019.
Yu was detained when she reported back to Sha Tin Police Station on Monday following a complaint lodged to the force.
Acting chief magistrate Peter Law Tak-chuen said Yu had violated her bail conditions by committing acts which could “be regarded on reasonable grounds as constituting an offence endangering national security”.
