A Hong Kong man imprisoned in the Philippines for 26 years while fighting against convictions for drug possession has been released and returned home on Tuesday evening.
Tang Lung-wai, 55, was seen hugging with his elder brother, Billy Tang Lung-piu, as he arrived from Manila at the Hong Kong International Airport.
Asked how he felt after arriving in his home city, he said: “After spending 26 years in hell, I am unflappable.”
Tang Lung-wai was arrested in Manila in July 2000 for possession of methamphetamine, also known as Ice, and placed on remand. He was convicted more than a decade later, in 2011, and was handed a life sentence, which in the Philippines amounts to a maximum of 40 years in prison.