2 organizers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils convicted in national security case
Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, were charged in 2021 with inciting subversion under a China-imposed national security law that has effectively crushed the city's previously thriving pro-democracy movement.
Two former leaders of Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square memorial vigils were convicted on Friday for allegedly inciting subversion against China's communist leadership. Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, who once headed the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, received their sentences after a government-approved court ruling.
The pair faced charges in 2021 under a national security law imposed by Beijing, which has effectively dismantled the city's once-flourishing pro-democracy movement. They could potentially serve up to 10 years in prison. The alliance itself was also found guilty, with the three-judge panel ruling that the group's calls for "ending one-party dictatorship" were interpreted as seeking to overthrow and undermine the ruling Communist Party's leadership status under the constitution.
The judges emphasized that the "end" in the phrase suggested a desire to remove the party's dominance entirely, rather than simply advocating for a more multiparty system within the existing framework.
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