Native Chinese Hong Konger here. I don't like Junius Ho myself, but I think the LA Times translation of that quote is incorrect. 生路 and 死路 in Chinese don't li

Native Chinese Hong Konger here. I don't like Junius Ho myself, but I think the LA Times translation of that quote is incorrect. 生路 and 死路 in Chinese don't literally mean "path of being alive" and "path of being dead". They are figurative, more appropriately translated as "free/open path" and "dead end". So Ho isn't really making threats about Chu's life, but more like abstract "consequences", maybe legal, maybe career-wise, maybe popularity-wise. Frankly, I don't know what Ho can do. I don't think Ho has enough evidence that Chu's supporter(s) vandalized his parents' graves and that Chu knows the exact perpetrator(s). Otherwise Ho would have provided that evidence to the police and the police would have made arrests already.