Zhu Yaoming was “manipulated” into a tragic figure. The two major players are the real directors of “Occupy Central”

Pastor Zhu Yaoming, one of the “Three Sons of Occupy Central” who left Hong Kong and lived in Taiwan for a long time, recently published a new book in Taiwan, “The Bell Ringer: Memoirs of Zhu Yaoming”. The most important chapter is of course that he, Chen Jianmin and Tai Yaoting launched the Occupy Movement. Tells how he was willing to “break the law” to practice his beliefs. I followed the “Occupy Central” process every day and understood that Pastor Zhu’s original intention was to fight for democracy through “love and peace”. However, the development of things did not follow his script at all. Two major players in front of and behind the scenes controlled the action. , he never had any control over it, and as a result, “Love and Peace” became deformed, leaving the root of future violence. In this crazy era, Pastor Zhu has become a tragic figure full of powerlessness.

The original script of Pastor Zhu and other “Occupy Central Sons” was to mobilize a group of peaceful people to sit in in Central to fight for universal suffrage. When the police came to clear the place, they were arrested and arrested, creating a “tragic scene” of civil disobedience. There was no confrontation, and no more No violence. But before the scene could be staged, the entire script was completely messed up by radical students such as Joshua Wong and the Student Federation. They suddenly launched an attack late at night and attacked and occupied the Political Center Square. The “Three Occupy Central Sons” became completely passive and were controlled by the radical students. I had to stand up on stage and announce the beginning of Occupy Central.

Later, radicals from all walks of life gathered in Admiralty to “support”, forcibly occupied the main roads, and clashed fiercely with the deployed police officers. As the crowd gathered more and more, Harcourt Road was completely lost, and then spread to Causeway Bay and Mong Kok. The “peaceful arrest” situation that Pastor Zhu and others expected never happened.

In addition to the protagonists of the “double studies” in front of the stage, namely the Federation of Students and Scholars’ Thought, there was another player at the time, Jimmy Lai. Former Legislative Council Chairman Joseph Tsang once told an anecdote that on the third day after the Occupy Central movement began, Jimmy Lai sent him a text message saying that he wanted to talk to him and Martin Lee about the dangerous situation at that time. He met as scheduled, and Jimmy Lai proposed to him two conditions for ending the occupation. First, the central government’s “831” plan could be implemented, but the central government must promise to achieve “real universal suffrage” in the next term; second, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying stepped down.

Jimmy Lai obviously wanted Tsang to be his messenger and convey this suggestion to Beijing, and the crowds occupying Central was his biggest bargaining chip with Beijing. Zeng Yucheng knew that the central government would definitely not accept it, so he did not agree to convey this message to any party.

From this incident, it can be seen that Jimmy Lai wanted to control the entire operation behind the scenes. Except for a few core members of the Democratic Party, I believe even the leaders of the “Double Learning” may not know about this intention, let alone the so-called “initiators” such as Pastor Zhu. Got it.

As for the “double-study” leaders who were in charge of the Occupy movement in front of the stage at that time, they would not listen to the words of the “Three Sons of Occupy Central” at all. Pastor Zhu said in his “Speech in the Defendant Column” that he and others have tried hard to persuade students to dialogue with the government. “Unfortunately, the students are unwilling to continue the dialogue, and their good intentions have failed.” He can only pray to the Lord. Show the way forward. He also tried his best to persuade the students to evacuate, but at that time the crowd was so angry and the quarrel was so violent that he was just treated as a fuss by a few old people.

Political scholars with a clear conscience saw that the situation was on the verge of getting out of control. They pointed out that the founders and the Federation of Students were tied up by radicals, and they became more and more radical. In the end, they were robbed by some of the most radical ones, and Zhu Mu and others completely stood aside.

Faced with this dangerous situation, Pastor Zhu Yaoming was unable to turn the tide. He only took the initiative to surrender with Chen Jianmin and Dai Yaoting, hoping to lead others to “exit with honor”. However, this was just their wishful thinking. In the end, only dozens of people surrendered with them. Zhu Mu The script was empty at the end.

Zhu Mu launched the “Occupy Central” movement, but was manipulated by players both onstage and behind the scenes from beginning to end. Now he has to leave his beloved Hong Kong and live in Taiwan as a foreigner, which is really embarrassing.

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Former “Hong Kong Demosisto” Vice Chairman Cheng Ka-lang fled to the UK half a year ago. Upon arrival, he applied for political asylum. After a long wait, he learned yesterday that his application was approved. Naturally, he was so excited that he forgot to show off. He held up the notification letter and shouted, “I love you.” Britain! I love the King of England.” I am grateful. Later, he was interviewed by local pornographic media. While he was thankful that he had escaped from the sea of ​​suffering, he revealed that many “brothers” had been waiting for political asylum for several years. Officials were asking for help, and the right-wing government was tight in granting political asylum, and even recently applied for it. They were rejected one after another. They were worried about being deported at any time, and they lived in constant fear. It was a miserable situation. After hearing this, I thought to myself: “If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?”

From Cheng Ka-lang’s experience, we can see that “exile” is by no means a fun thing. He had a record of inciting a middle school strike during the black riots. He was afraid of being arrested at any time. He was unable to eat well and had no pleasure. He finally came to Taiwan temporarily more than two years ago through the “Hong Kong Humanitarian Aid and Care Action Project”. However, The Taiwan authorities have treated the Hong Kong “protesters” with a cold face and asked for asylum. Seeing that there was no hope of staying in Taiwan, he finally decided to go into exile again and moved to the UK in March last year.

When he entered the country, he immediately requested political asylum and was temporarily allowed to stay in the UK, pending the outcome of his application. He had to wait for a year and a half. During this period, he was unable to work, rent an apartment, and had no medical insurance. He was like a “marginal person” who was hanging around for a long time. The wait was endless and he was very anxious.

Compared with other applicants, he was lucky. He was finally scheduled for a second interview recently and was notified within a few weeks that his application for political asylum had been successfully approved. Of course he was very excited, but when he was later interviewed by the local pornographic media “Chasing News”, he pointed out a “serious problem”, that is, many requests from “siblings” have been rejected recently. One of the reasons is that when the Ministry of the Interior examines an application, it only looks at whether the reason is related to the Hong Kong National Security Law. If there is no risk involved in the National Security Law, it will not approve it. In other words, if you only violate other laws during the violence, you may be arrested when you return to Hong Kong and will not be considered.

In addition, he pointedly pointed out that the officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs responsible for processing asylum applications did not understand the situation in Hong Kong and did not review the information submitted by the applicants seriously. He believes that this is related to the policy of the current “right-wing government”, which is very tight on the qualifications for granting political refugees. He is right. The conservative government does not welcome refugees. It has made it clear that it has even taken extraordinary measures to transfer them to Rwanda. Of course, it is trying to trick political refugee applications.

The “siblings” who are still waiting for the result do not know what year or month they will have to wait. The Ministry of Interior has not specified the deadline, so it is being delayed. Apparently, the applicants are expected to give up and find their own way.

Even if political asylum is successfully approved, there are still many worries to deal with. Zheng Jialang said frankly that in the future he will be looking for a “refugee travel document”. To go to any country, he must apply for a special entry visa, which takes eight weeks. He even has to go to the consulate for questioning. It is very troublesome and does not require the passports of other citizens. Visa entry is very different.

Seeing the desolate situation of these exiled “brothers and sisters”, I remembered a popular aphorism in their circles at that time: “Choose your own path, don’t shout in the street!” I only complained about the political fanaticism back then, but now that the crazy party is over, I am left with What is given to them is a bitter fruit that cannot be tasted.