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    Outrage as jailed Hong Kong protester asks people to ‘think clearly’ in TV ‘confession’

    by Alisha Rahaman Sarkar Dec 07, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

    The televised interview of a jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy protester has triggered a debate about the implementation of mainland China-style "confession" videos in the city.

    Beijing has been accused of coercing "confession videos" out of prisoners to intimidate others, but such tapings were unprecedented in Hong Kong.

    Tsang Chi-kin, 22, who was shot by the police during the 2019 and later sentenced to 47 months in prison, was seen on a national security programme aired by TVB on Monday.

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