by Frances Martel, Breitbart:

The secretary-general of the Hong Kong democracy movement Demosisto, Joshua Wong, accused the Hong Kong police on Thursday of hacking into his mobile phone and illegally obtaining evidence against him in his upcoming trial.

Wong was arrested in late August for participating in “unauthorized” protests and is currently undergoing legal proceedings that prevent him from leaving the country. Wong, who rose to prominence as a teen in the 2014 Umbrella Movement, denies Chinese propaganda claims that he is a separatist or seeking to bring American colonialism to Hong Kong.

Wong denounced the invasion of his privacy on Twitter Thursday, emphasizing that he never granted police permission to browse conversations on his phone and that he had used security protocol that only hacking could break. Illegally hacking into a suspect’s phone should, according to Hong Kong law, render the evidence inadmissible.

1/ Arrested on August 30, my phone was seized by #hkpolice. The phone can only be unlocked with passwords. Before court resumed yesterday, I have NEVER provided any passwords to #police, nor received any notice nor warrant for a search of my mobile device.

— Joshua Wong 黃之鋒