Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was making his way to Germany on Monday after he was released from a brief spell in custody following a mistake in his bail conditions, his party confirmed.<\/p>\n
Wong, 22, was among multiple prominent democracy advocates who were detained late last month in a roundup by police as the semi-autonomous city reels from more than three months of unprecedented pro-democracy protests.<\/p>\n
He was accused of “inciting others to take part in unauthorised assembly” among other charges and later released on bail.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, he said he was detained at Hong Kong airport for “breaching bail conditions” after returning from Taiwan and as he then tried to make another overseas trip to Germany.<\/p>\n
He also planned to travel to the United States after.<\/p>\n
But he was released by a court on Monday after it emerged the detention was a procedural error and that his bail requirements allowed him to take any overseas trips that had been arranged before his arrest, local news station RTHK reported.<\/p>\n
“Joshua Wong is on his way to Germany today and will be allowed to the US as scheduled,” a spokeswoman for his party Demosisto told AFP, adding that he will be overseas until late September.<\/p>\n
Wong began his career as an activist when he was just 12 years old and later became the poster child of the huge pro-democracy “Umbrella<\/p>\n
Movement” protests of 2014 that failed to win any concessions from Beijing.<\/p>\n
He has previously been jailed for his involvement in those protests.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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