Chung, 24, posted a letter from the UK interior ministry on his Instagram page on Sunday, which read: “Your claim for asylum has been succesful and you have been granted refugee status.”
He has been granted a five-year residence permit and will be able to apply for permanent residence.
“My first reaction was sheer excitement... however, this sense of possibility has brought me fear -- fear of planning for the future,“ he added.
Beijing imposed its national security law on Hong Kong in 2020 after months of huge and often violent pro-democracy protests in the former British colony.
He fled to Britain in 2023 and applied for political asylum upon entry, saying he had been closely watched by Hong Kong's national security police despite his jail term having ended early for good behaviour.
Separation from China was then a fringe view in Hong Kong although calls for self-rule became more vocal during the 2019 protests.
Chung revealed the news of his successful asylum bid the day after the former Hong Kong legislator Ted Hui said he had been granted asylum in Australia.
Political dissent in Hong Kong has been quashed since Beijing imposed the security law, with many opposition figures fleeing abroad and others sentenced to years in jail - AFP
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