Hong Kong’s Youth Are Fighting for All of Us—Lawyer Daniel Wong

Jan Jekielek

Senior Editor

Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”

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December 3, 2019Updated: December 24, 2019

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Just what exactly is the fate of the approximately five thousand Hong Kong protesters who have been arrested?

As a pro-bono lawyer for those Hong Kong protestors, what has Daniel Wong’s experience been like defending them?

And, how, in his view, have the police and Hong Kong authorities obstructed rule of law?

This is American Thought Leaders ??, and I’m Jan Jekielek.

Today we sit down with Daniel Wong, a frontline lawyer in the Hong Kong protests, and one of the many Pan-Democratic winners in the recent district council elections. He was one of very few people allowed into Hong Kong Polytechnic University, or PolyU, during its 10-day police siege. A prominent advocate for Hong Kong democracy, he’s witnessed up close the changes taking place during these months-long protests.

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