Zen’s supporters fearful that a crackdown on churches in mainland China could spread to Hong Kong
The activist Leung Wing-lai was in prison when he first met Cardinal Zen. In 2018, while Leung was serving a sentence for illegal assembly, Zen visited him at a remote Hong Kong prison.
On the day of the visit, Leung recalls being pulled from the prison workshop and led into a small outdoor area to have his first and only meeting out in the open while incarcerated.
“The officers seemed nervous and I did not know what was going on … then I saw Joseph Zen and immediately understood,” Leung said.
“[Zen] said he had read the news and was worried about us.”
Leung said he was surprised that the conversation did not revolve around faith; instead, Hong Kong’s most senior Catholic cleric was interested in his life and family.
“He said ‘Remember, you can be angry, but do not have hatred,’” Leung said, describing the experience as a rare moment of ease in captivity.
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