A 15-year-old protester from Hong Kong has fled to Britain and applied for political asylum, becoming the youngest Hong Kong protester to go into exile so far.
The paper said the girl, who goes by the pseudonym Aurora, was arrested during the protests in Hong Kong last year, but that she avoided being charged with unlawful assembly because she was a minor.
She told Apple Daily that on her arrival in London, she was immediately taken in by customs officers and applied for asylum.
A Home Office spokesperson said it did not normally comment on individual cases, adding, “All claims are considered sensitively, appropriately and on their individual merits.”
The teenager said she decided to leave Hong Kong because she felt unsafe after being followed by unknown men.
Other activists and protesters have reported being tailed by men that they suspect could be undercover police or national security agents.
Ex-lawmaker Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang said last week that he decided to leave Hong Kong and apply for asylum in the United States after being followed because other activists have been detained after days of surveillance.
The London-based Friends of Hong Kong group, which lobbies British political parties on Hong Kong issues, said they were assisting Aurora.
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