"After four years, I want to cherish this precious time to reunite with my family and resume a normal life with them," Leung said, before thanking his supporters for their concern and love. "As required by law, I am subject to a supervision order upon release," he wrote in the post, adding that he would stop using social media and will not be taking any media interviews or visits.
In a statement posted on his Facebook page early Wednesday morning, Leung said that he had been released from prison and is back with his family. Many of the city's prominent activists are currently behind bars or have fled overseas to continue their activism. Leung's release comes during a crackdown on political dissent in Hong Kong, with authorities arresting a majority of Hong Kong's outspoken pro-democracy activists over the past two years.ĪLSO READ| Media closures unrelated to press freedom: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Initially sentenced to six years of imprisonment, Leung had his sentence reduced by two years for good behaviour, according to local media reports.
#Independence pro crack
The unrest began when authorities attempted to crack down on unlicensed hawkers selling street food during the 2016 Lunar New Year holidays in Mong Kok, but clashed with protesters who opposed their actions as an attack on local traditions. They also agreed to spend another €160 on non-Covid health care and to help pass the Barcelona city budget - Barcelona mayor Ada Colau is of Comuns, while Esquerra has an equal number of councilors, 10, and JxCat has 5.In 2018, the 30-year-old activist was convicted of assaulting a police officer and rioting during what is now known as the Fishball Revolution. In order to secure it, they signed a 17-page deal which sees an increase in spending on housing (€1bn), lowering IRPF income taxes on low incomes, €80 m for mental health programs, and €50m for public dental care. The Catalan government needed Comuns' abstention in Parliament in order to pass the budget. €400 m will go towards the ' renda garantida de ciutadania' grants for low-income households, while €4 m will be used to fund a universal basic income pilot experiment.
#Independence pro free
€90m of the education department's funds will be spent on making childcare free for two-year-olds before they begin school at age 3, while student-teacher ratios for 3-year-olds are set to drop to 1:20. There will also be €500 m in extraordinary funds set aside. The health (€1.456 bn), education (€1.009 bn) and social rights (€905 m) departments will be receiving the largest share. The budget approved on Thursday will see an additional €5bn, just under half of which is from EU Covid funds, go towards public spending, which will rise by 17.3% to €38.139 bn. "We fell short of the 52%," he said in reference to the percentage of ballots pro-independence parties received in the February 14 Catalan election. Anti-Austerity Comuns, the Catalan branch of Podemos, abstained.Įconomy minister Jaume Giró lamented CUP's decision not to back the budget. The far-left party has instead voted alongside all other pro-remain parties in Parliament: the conservative People's Party, center-right Ciudadanos, and far-right Vox. The Catalan parliament has approved the 2022 budget, which has received support from coalition government partners Esquerra Republicana (ERC) and Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) but not fellow pro-independence CUP.