‘I worry people will forget Hong Kong’: Joshua Wong laments city’s fate from inside maximum security prison

Exclusive: pro-democracy activist’s prison letters reveal fascination with AI, brushes with Triads and an appetite for books

• Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison in national security case

From inside Hong Kong’s oldest maximum security prison, where he swaps books with Triad gang members and studies law, Joshua Wong writes letters like a man desperate to stay connected to the outside world.

Excerpts from his private prison writings reveal the pro-democracy activist asking friends to take screenshots of social media accounts and put questions to AI chatbots on his behalf.

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