Hundreds of greetings sent to mainland dissidents

Hundreds of greetings sent to mainland dissidents

Members of Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China march to the post office. Photo: RTHK

Lee Cheuk-yan talks to RTHK's Joanne Wong

The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China on Tuesday posted hundreds of Christmas cards to 12 jailed dissidents on the mainland.



The alliance said it has posted more than 2,000 cards it had gathered from members of the public to the dissidents.



Around 20 demonstrators from the group marched to the General Post Office in Central to mail the greetings to 12 jailed dissidents, including human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang and Taiwanese activist Li Ming-jie.



Some cards were also sent to members of the Tiananmen mothers, an organisation of relatives of those killed in the 1989 bloody crackdown on students.



Alliance chairman Lee Cheuk-yan said he believes some of their cards will be able to reach the dissidents as different jails on the mainland have different approach to it.



He said some of the released dissidents had told them they were able to get the cards sent before and they were greatly encouraged by it.



Lee also said among the letters the alliance posted, around 80 were for people in Hong Kong jails.



He told RTHK's Joanne Wong that even though their campaign was for mainland dissidents, many people told them they want to send cards to locally jailed people also and the alliance obliged.