According to the government, a three-year-old short story should be removed because of the controversial national security law.

In the city, the raid is seen as another erosion of freedom of expression.

According to the , the group’s founder shut down the organization on legal advice.

My biggest concern is the safety of my family and friends in Hong Kong. Andrew Chan, 28, a Chinese and Cantonese online instructor, said, “If I didn’t shut down the organization, they could keep using the materials online and harassing the people I care about.”

Almost all of the people on the island and in the Guangdong province speak Cantonese.

The Hong Kong Language Learning Association was founded by Mr Chan to protect Hong Kong’s language rights.

Language, identity, and political convictions are usually the flashpoints between Hong Kong and mainland China. A fictional essay titled “Our Time” was submitted by an independent author to a 2020 writing competition sponsored by Mr Chan’s organization and funded by the government of Hong Kong.

It tells the story of a man who emigrated from Hong Kong to the UK with his parents in 2020, the year the national security law took effect. The man visits Hong Kong after the death of his parents in 2050 only to find that the city’s history has been wiped away by authoritarian rule.

As the article ends, “The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” The article was written by Milan Kundera, whose books often dealt with Czechoslovak communism.

Mr Chan could be wanted by the national security department if the short story is not removed from the association’s website, the officers said. After contacting Hong Kong authorities, Mr Chan said he felt threatened.

During the conversation, he found that they were pretty familiar with where I worked and the activities of the Hong Kong Language Learning Association.

Hong Kong authorities have not directly addressed the issue. National Security Department has been contacted for comment by the.

Chan, whose family remains in Hong Kong, said he had no idea where he could go. Currently, he is travelling in Australia. “I didn’t plan to stay. It was just a vacation. However, I still haven’t figured out where I can settle since I can’t get back to my hometown,” he said.

Some have questioned whether Beijing is trying to replace Cantonese with Chinese following the closure of the Hong Kong Language Learning Association.

As Norman Matloff, a professor at UC Davis who speaks both Chinese and Cantonese, explains, “the rhythm and cadence of Cantonese are a central part of Hong Kong culture. Losing Cantonese would mean becoming immigrants in their own land.”

According to Mr Chan, his organization got into trouble because the essay in question was shortlisted in a government-funded writing contest.

It had become an excuse for them to report us under the national security law because we supported Cantonese.