Leung Tin-chi, the leader of "Hong Kong independence" and former spokesman for the "Local Democracy Front", was released today (January 19, 2022) after completing his sentence, and although Leung has deliberately kept a low profile, it has caused a lot of public opinion. With regard to the "anti-China and chaotic Hong Kong" elements who were released after completing their sentences during the previous riots in Hong Kong, there are different views in society, and Hong Kong's "Ming Pao" published an article on the 17th entitled "Students Convicted of Anti-Amendment Laws Urge All Walks of Life to Help Each Other," suggesting that the Hong Kong government give help to those who committed crimes in the "storm over the revision of the law" but have been released after completing their sentences, so that they can re-enter society in terms of study, employment, and family support. Deng Fei believes that for these young people who have committed crimes, we should pay equal attention to tolerance and punishment, treat them differently according to the actual situation, and look at the problems in two parts.
First of all, legally, they have committed crimes before and have been punished accordingly, and from the day they were released from prison, the past crimes have become history. They are now legal citizens in the legal sense and are no longer criminals. Therefore, we must not discriminate against them, we must treat them with an inclusive attitude, and the prodigal son will not change his money and welcome them to contribute to the construction of a beautiful Hong Kong. It is wrong to still treat them like criminal suspects, not to give them the opportunity to work and live a normal life, or even to make things difficult and discriminate against them.
Second, after all, these people are people with previous convictions, especially those who have been brainwashed by the idea of "Hong Kong independence", and although they have accepted the punishment they deserve, it remains to be seen whether they have reversed the incorrect concepts of "Hong Kong independence" and so on. If we have changed our minds, of course, it is good that everyone will tolerate him and help him together; if the idea of "Hong Kong independence" still remains in his mind, and there are still words and deeds of "anti-China and chaotic Hong Kong" after he is released from prison, it will inevitably be "two into the palace." In particular, the leaders who have had a greater impact in the previous riots should strengthen supervision, and they should not be allowed to make the same mistakes again, let alone give them the opportunity to commit crimes. Hong Kong is a society under the rule of law, crimes must be punished, and the national security law is a sword hanging over the heads of these people at all times.
In the practice of education for many years, I have deeply realized that it is the most difficult to change people's values. Especially for adults who have already formed the three views, it is more difficult to change a person's thinking. Why are we going to add new national security education programs to many universities in Hong Kong, because it wouldn't work out. This method must be used to change the minds of college students and reverse their perceptions. Not only in universities and in various training institutions in Hong Kong society, I also propose to increase national security education courses and create an atmosphere in the whole Hong Kong society, where everyone loves the country and Hong Kong, so that the idea of "anti-China and chaos in Hong Kong" is like a rat crossing the street and there is nowhere to hide. Only when such an atmosphere of public opinion is formed and the living soil of the "yellow silk" is cut off, will these young people who have been released from prison change their thinking and embark on the right path.
On the question of how to deal with released students, Liang Zhenying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, has an argument, he believes that "if the released students do not sincerely repent, they must continue to accept the punishment of society." Why Leung Chun-ying said this, because the actual situation he saw was that many of the released students had no remorse after they were released from prison, and they did not change their thinking, but just survived the days of sitting in prison and walked out of the door of the prison. Such a person may also regard prison time as a kind of mixed social capital, boast in front of others, and even intimidate others, to be the "leader boss" in a small area. Such a person, once discovered, must be severely punished. If its evil deeds cannot be stopped in time, or there is a possibility of launching a second riot. Punishing the former and the latter is not the same as appeasing and raising adultery, and if the prestige of the "anti-China and chaotic Hong Kong" elements is not destroyed, Hong Kong's prosperity and stability will be in danger of being overturned by these people again.