Cantopop singer Hins Cheung has expressed remorse for his past support of Hong Kong protests and will lead arrested youths from the 2019 unrest on exchange trips to mainland China. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said the rehabilitation project has run for two years, targeting about 7,000 people arrested but not prosecuted.
Cantopop singer Hins Cheung, who previously supported Hong Kong social movements, announced in a Wen Wei Po interview published on Saturday that he will serve as a mentor for the Security Bureau’s “special rehabilitation project”. The 45-year-old singer said he will personally lead young people arrested during the 2019 anti-extradition bill protests on visits to mainland China in the first half of the year to witness the country’s prosperity.
Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung revealed on Saturday that the project, running over the past two years, aims to help about 7,000 people arrested but not prosecuted during the protests.
Cheung expressed “deep repentance” for his past words and actions, saying he had been “impetuous in his youth”, lacked a “thorough understanding of the social situation” and that some performances were “inappropriate”, leading to doubts about his patriotism. He voiced support for protests against national education in 2012 and the Occupy Central civil disobedience movement in 2014, when he sang its theme song with actor Anthony Wong Chau-sang.
“I know many people have questioned my love for my country and Hong Kong because of this. Today, I offer my sincere apology,” Cheung said.