Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow jumps bail

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow, who moved to Canada to pursue further studies, has said she will not return to the city to meet her bail conditions (Vincent Yu/AP)

One of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists who moved to Canada to pursue her studies has said she will not return to the city to meet her bail conditions, becoming the latest politician to flee Hong Kong under Beijing’s crackdown on dissidents.

Agnes Chow, a famous young face in the city’s once-vibrant pro-democracy movement, was arrested in 2020 under a Beijing-imposed national security law that was enacted following 2019 anti-government protests.