On November 6, 2026, Macau's former pro-democracy MP Ou Kem Sun was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison for "subversion of state power" and other charges under Macau's security law. In July 2025, Macao's judicial police arrested the then 68-year-old Au Jinxin, saying there were strong signs that he had "long-term collusion with anti-China organizations and hostile forces abroad" and violated Article 13 of Macao's National Security Law. This is the first time the National Security Law has been used to initiate arrests since Macau's transfer of sovereignty in 1999 and the National Security Law came into effect in 2009. Au Kam-shin has served as a member of the Macau City Council since 1993. After handing over sovereignty in 1999, he served as a member of the Legislative Council for five consecutive terms, with more than 20 years of experience. In 2021, Au Jinxin announced that he would not seek re-election, and his long-term campaign partner Wu Guochang and several Democratic candidates, a total of 21 people, were accused of disloyalty to Macau SAR and disqualified from running (DQ). It was the biggest DQ incident in Macau history. In 2020, Duan Media interviewed Au Jinxin and Wu Guochang, another long-term democratic leader in Macau. It was the 31st year before the June 4th incident, but the June 4th commemorative party in Macau was suddenly stopped by the police on the grounds that it did not contribute to epidemic prevention. In the past, Macau has faced some difficulties from the authorities to host June Fourth commemorations, but this is the first time a comprehensive ban has been imposed. The political path of the two men is also related to the June 4 incident. In 1988, Wu Guochang, who was the manager of the Bank of China Macau branch at the time, met Au Jinxin, who taught at Qingzhou Elementary School, during a magazine activity in his spare time. The student movement erupted the following year, and the Democracy Salon in which the two men participated was reorganized into the "Joint Committee to Support the Student Movement in China" (the predecessor of the Democratic League), which became an important force in Macao's support for the student movement that year. However, when the student movement came to a bloody end and the white terror against Macau supporters dissipated, the members of the Democratic League dispersed, Wu Wu entered the political stage: Wu Guochang resigned from the bank, and Wu Jinxin refused to renew his contract at the elementary school where he had taught for ten and a half years. At that time, he still firmly believed: "Democracy is my faith, and I believe there is still hope for China." After the handover of sovereignty, with the explosion of the gaming industry, Macau society generally became politically apathetic due to its relatively comfortable life, and the space for political discussion that existed was also sharply reduced. In 2020, facing the turmoil in Hong Kong society and the suppression of the June 4 rally in Macau, Ou Jinxin said that the experience of the past 30 years has taught him that resilience is very important—. "The fight for democracy is a long fight, and the way we play it during the process is very important." Click the link to read the full text.

On November 6, 2026, Macau's former pro-democracy MP Ou Kem Sun was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison for "subversion of state power" and other charges under Macau's security law. In July 2025, Macao's judicial police arrested the then 68-year-old Au Jinxin, saying there were strong signs that he had "long-term collusion with anti-China organizations and hostile forces abroad" and violated Article 13 of Macao's National Security Law. This is the first time the National Security Law has been used to initiate arrests since Macau's transfer of sovereignty in 1999 and the National Security Law came into effect in 2009. Au Kam-shin has served as a member of the Macau City Council since 1993. After handing over sovereignty in 1999, he served as a member of the Legislative Council for five consecutive terms, with more than 20 years of experience. In 2021, Au Jinxin announced that he would not seek re-election, and his long-term campaign partner Wu Guochang and several Democratic candidates, a total of 21 people, were accused of disloyalty to Macau SAR and disqualified from running (DQ). It was the biggest DQ incident in Macau history. In 2020, Duan Media interviewed Au Jinxin and Wu Guochang, another long-term democratic leader in Macau. It was the 31st year before the June 4th incident, but the June 4th commemorative party in Macau was suddenly stopped by the police on the grounds that it did not contribute to epidemic prevention. In the past, Macau has faced some difficulties from the authorities to host June Fourth commemorations, but this is the first time a comprehensive ban has been imposed. The political path of the two men is also related to the June 4 incident. In 1988, Wu Guochang, who was the manager of the Bank of China Macau branch at the time, met Au Jinxin, who taught at Qingzhou Elementary School, during a magazine activity in his spare time. The student movement erupted the following year, and the Democracy Salon in which the two men participated was reorganized into the "Joint Committee to Support the Student Movement in China" (the predecessor of the Democratic League), which became an important force in Macao's support for the student movement that year. However, when the student movement came to a bloody end and the white terror against Macau supporters dissipated, the members of the Democratic League dispersed, Wu Wu entered the political stage: Wu Guochang resigned from the bank, and Wu Jinxin refused to renew his contract at the elementary school where he had taught for ten and a half years. At that time, he still firmly believed: "Democracy is my faith, and I believe there is still hope for China." After the handover of sovereignty, with the explosion of the gaming industry, Macau society generally became politically apathetic due to its relatively comfortable life, and the space for political discussion that existed was also sharply reduced. In 2020, facing the turmoil in Hong Kong society and the suppression of the June 4 rally in Macau, Ou Jinxin said that the experience of the past 30 years has taught him that resilience is very important—. "The fight for democracy is a long fight, and the way we play it during the process is very important." Click the link to read the full text.