@AFP Video journalist based in Hong Kong. Formerly SCMP. he/him. Views my own, RTs not endorsements
Joined November 2017
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Justin Chan retweeted
26 Dec 2025
🇭🇰 Banned film exposes Hong Kong's censorship trend, director says
Filmmaker Kiwi Chow says the decision of Hong Kong censors to ban his new thriller "Deadline" based on unexplained national security concerns proves the city "is under the rule of a totalitarian state."
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Justin Chan retweeted
24 Dec 2025
As Hong Kong marks the festive season, thousands displaced by last month's housing estate fire still struggle with grief.
Survivor Yip Ka-kui turned holiday photos into a tribute to his wife, saying he could not accept she was gone.
@AFP story: u.afp.com/S8Qi
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Justin Chan retweeted
15 Dec 2025
#BREAKING : Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of all three charges in his national security trial.
He faced two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious publications.
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Justin Chan retweeted
13 Jul 2025
Hong Kong's Court of Appeal will soon start hearing the appeals of 13 pro-democracy figures jailed last year for subversion as part of the city's largest national security case.
Prosecutors are also appealing one acquittal. A short queue was seen outside court just before 8am.
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Justin Chan retweeted
29 Apr 2025
After returning home from prison, former Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker Claudia Mo was "resting" and would not speak to reporters, her husband Philip Bowring said.
"She's well and she's in good spirits... We look forward to being together again," he said at his flat.
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If HKU upholds freedom of speech then it is notable that the video of my High Table Dinner Speech "Freedom and the Future of China" at HKU Chi Sun College on 30-Oct-2018 has been taken down, along with all other such speeches. Anyway, the text is here: webb-site.com/articles/chisu…
12 Feb 2025
David Webb said his proposal for a public transparency project was rejected by the University of Hong Kong.
HKU's response to @AFP:
"(HKU) is an institution dedicated to academic excellence, we will continue to uphold academic freedom and the freedom of thought and speech."
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Justin Chan retweeted
20 Dec 2024
As Macau marks 25 years under Chinese rule, read @AFP's full coverage:
News: u.afp.com/5FTb
Leader profile: u.afp.com/5FTL
Economy: u.afp.com/5yDU
Politics: u.afp.com/5yyh
Culture: u.afp.com/5F4Y
Background: u.afp.com/5FTE
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Justin Chan retweeted
29 Nov 2024
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun last week spent $6.2 million on the conceptual artwork "Comedian" by Italian artist Maurizio Cattlelan at a Sotheby's auction in New York.
Today, he at it at a press conference in Hong Kong.
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Justin Chan retweeted
23 Nov 2024
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is now being awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Also being honoured is actor Tony Leung, Nobel laureate Michael Levitt and Fields medallist David Mumford.
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Justin Chan retweeted
22 Nov 2024
Have signed off from my last day in the extraordinary journey with AFP (and the press)
If someone requests interview in my name as an AFP (or any outlet) reporter, that’s not me.
But like HK, there is still one last story up in the sleeve.
Meanwhile:
youtube.com/watch?v=zt-_x_Pd…
19 Nov 2024
Lee Yue-shun is one of the first two men who walked free out of an #NSL trial, breaking the prosecution’s 100% conviction rate.
45 others are sentenced to years in jail today.
Freedom can taste complicated and what can one do with it?
Story:
rfi.fr/en/international-news…
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Justin Chan retweeted
20 Nov 2024
Talkative and commandeering as he testified in court Wednesday, Hong Kong media mogul #JimmyLai still seemed like a man used to being in charge despite spending most of the last four years in jail.
w/@holmeschan_ @BeiJia_B
barrons.com/news/the-boss-ji…
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Justin Chan retweeted
19 Nov 2024
判刑已成定局，難受的不獨是在囚中的政治犯，他們的家人同樣面對與至親分隔之苦。本台於判刑前特別訪問了長毛 #梁國雄 妻子陳寶瑩，以及 #劉穎匡 女友Emilia。兩人並沒為這場漫長的審訊終於結束而釋懷，認為這3年多的經歷，令她們變成更好的自己，將來迎接摰愛出獄。 ➡️ ca.rfa.org/hk-47-family
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Justin Chan retweeted
20 Nov 2024
The #JimmyLai #NSL collusion trial has been going on for more than 90 days and today the ex-tycoon who has been kept behind bars since late 2020 will step into the witness box, breaking the silence he has kept in 5 previous trials over 4 years. france24.com/en/live-news/20…
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Justin Chan retweeted
19 Nov 2024
For the second day in a row, people have lined up outside Hong Kong's West Kowloon Law Courts building—this time to hear pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai testify in his national security trial.
Compared to yesterday, the queue is shorter and the weather is worse.
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Justin Chan retweeted
19 Nov 2024
Hong Kong jailed 45 pro-democracy figures today. Our full coverage:
1⃣Wrap: bit.ly/3ADRout
2⃣Profile: yhoo.it/4eCqukx
3⃣Reportage: bit.ly/3Zh3eD9
4⃣Profile: bit.ly/4hYfII3
5⃣Bios: bit.ly/4hUZ9Ne
(with @XinqiSu and @BeiJia_B)
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Justin Chan retweeted
19 Nov 2024
Lee Yue-shun is one of the first two men who walked free out of an #NSL trial, breaking the prosecution’s 100% conviction rate.
45 others are sentenced to years in jail today.
Freedom can taste complicated and what can one do with it?
Story:
rfi.fr/en/international-news…
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Justin Chan retweeted
19 Nov 2024
#JUSTIN: Former journalist Gwyneth Ho was sentenced to 84 months in prison, one of the longest jail terms among defendant not accused of being a main organiser.
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Justin Chan retweeted
19 Nov 2024
#JUSTIN: Veteran activist "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung was given 81 months imprisonment, among the longest jail term of the defendants not categorised as a main organiser.
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Justin Chan retweeted
19 Nov 2024
A few things to note from Hong Kong's mass sentencing today of 45 democracy advocates.
- Benny Tai's 10-year term is the longest ever meted out using China's NSL
- Owen Chow got the second-heaviest penalty at 93 months. Didn't get a discount because he pleaded not guilty
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Justin Chan retweeted
19 Nov 2024
Some questions regarding Hong Kong's implementation of the NSL being answered at the NSL 47 sentencing this AM.
Andrew Chiu, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, received a 50% reduction in his sentence for flipping and testifying against others.
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