Hong Kong starts new year with heightened crackdown on dissent

Agnes Chow in maximum-security prison; Ted Hui on the run in UK

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Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow has been jailed since Dec. 2. She says she wears seven layers of clothes to fight the chills of her cell. © AP

TAKESHI KIHARA, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Bundled up in seven layers of clothing, pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow tries to buoy her spirits in a maximum-security prison here by reading letters from supporters.

Chow, serving her seven-month sentence on charges of illegal assembly, was moved to the Tai Lam Center for Women at the end of last year. Hong Kong media cited her continuing influence on the pro-democracy movement as a reason for the transfer.

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