Student activist Joshua Wong faces charges over Hong Kong 'white paper' protest last year
Student leader and three others accused of obstruction during white paper-burning protest outside liaison office last summer
Student leader Joshua Wong Chi-fung and three other activists are set to be charged with obstructing police officers during a protest outside the central government's liaison office last summer.
They say the move by police, more than a year after the protest took place, appears like a political prosecution.
In a WhatsApp message to the media yesterday, Wong, convenor of student group Scholarism, said he was at the airport checking in for a morning flight to Japan to go on holiday when he received a telephone call from Western District crime squad.
He was told to report to police by Thursday, when he would be charged. He was accused of obstructing officers in carrying out their duty at a protest outside the liaison office in Western on June 11 last year.
Wong recalled burning a copy of Beijing's white paper on Hong Kong at the protest. "But fewer than 30 people took part ... I really don't understand how I obstructed the police from carrying out their duty," he wrote.
He agreed to report to police next Monday or Tuesday after returning from Japan.
