As with the frog, Hong Kong’s freedoms will evaporate in a cloud of steam, democrats warn.
“I think Hong Kong’s freedoms are under threat all the time,” said Margaret Ng, a pro-democracy legislator who represents Hong Kong’s legal sector
She says constant vigilance is needed in an environment where government control of the media and public life is growing through patronage, financing and the rewarding of pro-Beijing behaviour.
One example she cites is the government’s refusal to prosecute Mrs Grace Mugabe, and her bodyguards, for their reported beating of photographers in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong’s lack of checks and balances on power produces a sense of a lack of fairness, Ms Ng argues – and of helplessness.

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