Claudia Mo said she read more than 300 books and swiped French in prison.

A former Hong Kong lawmaker was sentenced to jail as part of a dissent on China’s territory, describing her prison experience as “Kafka-style.”

Former journalist Claudia Mo, who co-founded the People-First Civic Party, was released on Tuesday for more than four years of national security crimes.

Mo was released along with three other former politicians, who pleaded guilty in a massive national security case in 2022 related to the participation of 47 informal primary elections.

Another 44 radicals pleaded guilty or were convicted in landmark cases, with Western governments and rights groups condemning Beijing for trampling on former British colonial freedoms.

Since its release, Mo said in her first comment since her release that she read more than 300 books and brushed the French while in custody.

"Thank you so much for all the attention and concern I expressed when I released it. Prison life is surreal and almost Kafka-style. However, due to the social arrangements inside, I have not suffered two major incarceration trauma, loneliness and boredom."

Don’t thank her supporters, including journalist without borders in the press freedom group and retired Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen, who was arrested in 2022 for a national security venue without charge.

"My idea is with my co-defendant," she said.

There was once a vibrant political opposition and a free media community, and Hong Kong was transformed into a politics with little room for dissent by imposing a national security law in Beijing in 2020.

The Beijing and Hong Kong governments praised the legislation for restoring peace and order after frequent violent mass anti-government protests in 2019.

On Friday, Hong Kong National Security Police arrested Anna Kwok, the father and brother of the head of the Hong Kong Democratic Commission in Washington, for allegedly handling her financial situation.

Police said they arrested two men, 35 and 68, suspected of "trying to deal with or indirectly or indirectly with any funds or other financial assets or other financial assets or economic resources."