Baggio Leung, who was disqualified as a LegCo member in 2016, said through the media and overseas Hong Kong people's organization Haven Assistance that he left Hong Kong on 30 November and arrived in the United States the next day. He appeared in Washington, D.C. and applied for asylum. Radio Free Asia’s YouTube channel uploaded an interview with Leung, stating that he severed all ties with his family. At the end of September, after he was released from prison, he was found being followed and worried about his own safety, so he decided to leave Hong Kong. He hopes that the White House can provide a lifeboat plan to Hong Kong residents who were born after 1997 and do not have a British National (Overseas) passport.