The former chairman of the Hong Kong Democratic Party, Mr. Wu Chi-wai, was granted conditional bail by the High Court and attended his father’s funeral service on Saturday morning (8).
The funeral service was held at Diamond Hill Funeral Parlour on Friday (7) evening, and the coffin and cremation of the body will be held on Saturday morning.
The police accompanied Wu Zhiwei, who was granted a short period of bail, went from Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre to the funeral parlour in the morning to bid farewell to his late father, and stayed for about 40 minutes before leaving, without having to wear handcuffs for the whole coffin ceremony. The police have been on guard outside the funeral home for a long time.
When he entered the funeral home through the side door, there were people present shouting slogans of “Cheer up,” “Cheer up,” and “Cheer up. After the coffin ceremony, Hu left accompanied by police and boarded a police car to be sent back to the remand facility.
After noon, Hu Zhiwei’s wife posted a message through Hu Zhiwei’s Facebook account, saying that the funeral ceremony has been successfully completed, Hu Zhiwei successfully arrived at the funeral hall to bid farewell to his father’s last ride, to fulfill the filial duty as a son, but also to take advantage of this brief moment to reunite with his elderly mother.
From 5 p.m. on Friday, more than 100 relatives, friends and democrats arrived at the funeral hall one after another to attend the funeral service, including the Democratic Party Chairman Law Kin-hei and former Chairman Emily Lau, Yeung Sum, Cheung Man-kwong, Lee Wing-tat, Tu Chin-shen, Lee Wah-ming, Kwong Chun-yu and Chan Suk-chong, etc. By the time the funeral home closed at night, reporters found no trace of Wu Zhiwei.
The funeral ceremony was conducted in a Taoist ceremony, with the four big words “Blessing of Longevity” hung on the funeral hall and the silk cloth written on it, “Father’s memory is in the hands of a filial son, Zhiwei, and a filial daughter, Shao Ting, who cried blood.
The government has also been remanded to prison for the “35+ primary election” case and the July 1 march last year, and his application to the Correctional Services Department to go out for funeral was rejected. The judge, after hearing arguments from all sides, granted him bail for a short period of time on humanitarian grounds, allowing him to participate in his father’s funeral service and send him on his last journey. The conditions include that the funeral service must be held in a private setting, allowing only family members to participate, and not allowing contact with other unrelated people.
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