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by ntdb 2540 days ago
Googling this man's name (Brian Leung Kai-ping) reveals a number of articles suggesting that he fled to the United States immediately after this event. However, I can't tell whether any of the web sites reporting this news are trustworthy. When I first read these reports I immediately dismissed him and his comments to the LA Times but now I wonder if the story of his flight is propaganda intended to negate his courage.
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The most notable article I guess is from South China Morning Post (https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3017530...) and they cite 'a source'.

Also in their article, there are clearly many others in the photographs without masks. So I think his impromptu speech is more important than taking off his mask, but lots of articles cite removal of his mask..

Since this organization has no leader, it would benefit the opposition to paint a leader out of thin air and show faults in him.