An empty chair at a dinner table, in a classroom, at a workplace desk.

The trauma resurfaced 12 years later when a Hong Kong magazine published the forced photos:

To the survivors reading this: Your story is yours. You do not owe it to the world to be a cautionary tale or a beacon of hope. You are allowed to heal in private. You are allowed to be messy, angry, and unfinished.

The trauma resurfaced 12 years later when the Hong Kong magazine