The program. And crocs in distress thousands of the joint reptiles face starvation. In india as the corner of august keeps paying visitors the way. Im british manager welcome to news asia its good to have you with us police in hong kong have arrested prominent prodemocracy figure and media tycoon jimmy lie under provisions of a newly implemented security law and said he had been charged with allegedly colluding with foreign Powers Police arrested life from his home before also searching the offices of his. 8 others have also been held in the past line has been critical of the chinese governments actions in hong kong and is the most high profile person to be arrested under the new security know which came into force on the 30th of june if convicted he could be facing a maximum of life in prison. Joining me now from hong kong is prodemocracy activist and former circular general of the Political Party demos the store joshua wang joshua welcome what is your reaction to the arrest of jimmy lie. With the friends of beijing which is hops for us to guarantee our personal safety and what a dollar and a muscle rest condo with the National Secretary legislation which just proved how that shouldnt be fact is being used to silence up with whats. What is the message of beijing is trying to deliver to the proDemocracy Movement in hong kong with such a high profile arrest that. We have no intention to have any collusion with the Foreign Force with never call on a stench is after the nationalists are a lot of them and but now beijing just provided these lead up again and just try to generate more and more excuse to side as a wise and to crack dollar the protests but no matter what happen that way it just urging beijing to hold the key to stop the erosion or you know 1st where you including press freedom and also free election all we fight for but just how successful are you all being really in your terms i mean you as a candidate have been barred from standing in these elections which themselves have now been postponed is it having any impact on beijing fate include us says for us out from Democracy Movement they cant kick us out from the office they can censor us out from but they got this call thought i would keep me going to fight for freedom and calling you to engage in the movement you are committed to engaging with the Democracy Movement when speaking about the democratic processes in hong kong they have been postponed or teased for a year when it comes to the Legislative Council elections the government said it was because of the koran amada spend make do you believe the government. I believe this no. You know you expect the election will still continue instead of saying they try to postpone the election now if they hope they try to cancel the whole election at all but do you but. Do you believe their reasoning that its because of the core know how to spend american therefore it was unsafe to hold these elections. With the frets and the wrists generated by the fortys which is hard for us to. Ensure everything but i think i was hired for the world to put hong kong under the global spotlight but hong kong in a way is being put under the global spotlight i mean you have sanctions that have been imposed from the United States against catalan for instance and some other officials do you think that support is working for the proDemocracy Movement in hong kong. We are not only focusing on the move or the announcement from the United States i think how country in europe react on the crackdown in hong kong would be also remarkable for us to realize that is tied to hold the accountability do you think europe is doing and off to hold to beijing accountable. Different countries have different Foreign Policy to us hochul and china but the window was there are regional approach and whats the consideration its time to reassess house their policy to continue and has. Fights and also how they reassess their front policy to the hot line crackdown from beijing but lets talk about you i mean you disbanded your Political Party demos you stuart on the times of the new security nor was being implemented you said you feared being targeted by be doing as a result of the new security law do you still have those fears. Which is hard for us to ensure. I was safety and im not sure when i will be arrest that and be extradited to china. We wipe you all were out the threats that we need to face and upcoming films for but no matter what happened we still have no regret at all to continue colas on free action some of your colleagues for example need some law and others have left hong kong to try and bring hong kongs voice to the International Arena do you plan on leaving hong kong or sure. We can get you plan to fight for freedom thats my decision. Joshua long prodemocracy activist speaking to us from hong kong thank you very much for your time so clearly joshua walling is determined to stay and fight for democracy in hong kong but many others in the chinese territory arent so sure continuing political instability and fears of an erosion of the territorys freedoms have forced people to look for exit options quite literally gary and his fiance have to just a few more months when the life in hong kong before they say goodbye to their hometown and then equate to a stadia when gary filed the application 5 years ago leaving was only a backup plan says then hong kong has been through massive social and political upheaval but it was the unprecedented antigovernment protests last year that finally pushed him over the ets. Into this isnt the hong kong i grew up with any more freedom has been restricted but hong kong will soon be no different from the rest of china i feel even more unsafe under the new National Security law from what weve lost so we have to find it elsewhere you know you won by hugo or came along. To fight or to flee thats a tough question for many homeowners like gary starting a life abroad will likely be a rocky path even in his job as an engineer gary and his fiance but does not want to be interviewed because she fears for her job here are prepared to start from scratch a price theyre willing to pay in exchange for liberty. To abandon our well paid jobs friends everything weve established here where we were born in rings as we did struggle to make this decision but around a 3rd of my friends are also considering leaving or at least sending their children abroad to. The. Official figures show that the number of home cold residents leaving is at its highest in 7 years around 30000 people left in 2019 a 40 percent search in just a year and thats expected to keep growing soused a new Chinese Security law was enacted last month a number of countries have pledged to make it easier for hong kong ers to emigrate to australia taiwan and britain are among the popular destinations the u. K. Government or even allowing really the free media the whole calmness with British National overseas passports or documents from the colonial era to settle their emigration is more than a personal choice in hong kong its also a diplomatic issue beijing house wanting to stop recognising the special pressures from up hong kongs residents in retaliation for britains offer to put them in some probation heavyweights apple care were focusing the permanence presidencies are those granted u. K. Certain shit which means they could lose the right to vote and stand for election in hong kong. Kerry has recently been travelling around hong kong to capture is iconic scenery these pictures. It was just the memories after place there were no longer. Especially since many friends will soon drift apart i treasure the remaining chances to be together and i hope i can still contribute to my hometown by other means in the future home. To india now where thousands of crocodiles are the countrys biggest crock sanctuary of facing starvation the coronavirus pandemic has forced the park to close to visitors depriving it of one of its most important sources of income the park near the Southern City of gen has had to come up with new ways of raising funds to keep the giant reptiles fed and its Conservation Program alive. Its lunchtime at the crocodile park and theres a lot of hungry mouths to feed. But 2000 trucks at this conservation project could soon be going hungry indias biggest crocodile sanctuary is largely funded by ticket sales its a big attraction nearly half a 1000000 people visit this park every year but when india locked down in mid march it had to close to visitors who wont be returning for the foreseeable future. So keeping the garden from our view in mind we are actually not expecting for potential income from that day when it was so we have actually started to raise funds to make sure that we are able to feed through with and by. The Madras Crocodile bank opened over 40 years ago and has bred some 5000 crocodile since the park is now started a Crowdfunding Campaign to help the reptiles survive but its not just money thats missing. There are some colleagues here walk on dying right now as well and since this stuff works on the surface its kind of its men difficult because theres a lot of walk load and we need our full stop to be present because we have a lot of animals here. To make sure the challenge. And to enable the pot to continue its conservation work. Just another way of raising funds launching a huge channel to turn the trucks in to. Get on t. V. Thats a solution thats ivanovich oh to check out other stories on our website. And see us on facebook and twitter as well now earlier today the volcano mount it up to them in the new shows Tomato Island sending a call them a volcanic material some 5000 meters into the sky thankfully no one was injured we leave you with the images of this mornings explosion and go back to more of the same time so you know that. It is for me. Is for every. 20. 5th anniversary here on you know. What secrets lie behind. Discover new adventures in 360. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites. G. W. World heritage 360 getting at now. A low and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture its nice to be back with you and heres whats coming up in the next quarter of an eye. Painting with flowers how british artist Rebecca Louise nor uses thousands of dried blossoms to create off works you couldnt walk. And in the latest edition of 100. 00 german must reads David Leavitts introduces us to the tragic rome after a minutes silence of the wise e. Creed lends money for teacher stella. Butts we begin in the theater world which has been devastated by the corona pandemic and this week a look at 3 cultural capitals and how theyre coping with this crisis we begin in new york where broadway has never been so silent one of the most unfortunate stories is of a new musical called go from the North Country timing wasnt this musicals best friend opening as it did at the beginning of march. These days metal soprano trying to launch mainly views manhattan from a distance like the city her job went on lockdown at 19. Just before the pandemic hit the city she got her big break a role in the new product a musical girl from the North Country