TONY CHEUNG TONY.CHEUNG@SCMP.COM
PUBLISHED : Friday, 04 September, 2015, 11:44am
UPDATED : Friday, 04 September, 2015, 11:47am
It was unclear whether Wong would meet any US congressmen: Felix Wong
Hong Kong student activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung has confirmed that he will visit the United States to address a forum on democracy in the city.
The Scholarism leader said that the forum is organised by Freedom House, a US-based social concern group.
Referring to the 79-day Occupy protests in Hong Kong last year, Wong said: “I will go there to talk about the umbrella movement and how the Hong Kong democratic movement should move on … But my itinerary and the dates are not confirmed yet.”
Wong also told the South China Morning Post that Martin Lee Chu-ming, founding chairman of the Hong Kong Democratic Party, and Occupy Central co-founder Benny Tai Yiu-ting are also involved in the forum. It was unclear whether Wong will be meeting any congressmen in the US. Tai and Lee could not be reached for comment yet.
Freedom House, which has offices in Washington and New York, monitors democracy and freedom in Hong Kong and around the world.
In April, it said in a report that increased violence against journalists and cyberattacks on news websites had led to a further decline in Hong Kong’s press freedom. It ranked the city 83rd in press freedom, down from last year’s 74th place and 71st position in 2013.
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