Hong Kong to consider barring early-release prisoners from leaving city, corrections chief says
Hong Kong authorities are considering amending the law to bar prisoners who have been granted early release from leaving the city, the corrections chief has said. Commissioner of Correctional Services Wong Kwok-hing on Thursday said the prison service had been studying a change to the Post-Release Supervision of Prisoners Ordinance, which provides for supervised early release based on “good conduct” in jail. His comments came after pro-independence activist Tony Chung, who had been granted an early release from his national security jail term, left the city for the UK in December. Authorities ...