BREAKING: Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists convicted under nat. security law, face up to 10 years in prison
Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan have been convicted of incitement to subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law. At the West Kowloon Law Courts Building, three national security judges on Friday handed down the guilty verdict in the trial of Chow and Lee Cheuk-yan, both former leaders of the now-defunct […]
Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan, two former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, have been convicted under Hong Kong's national security law. The conviction stems from their alleged involvement in inciting efforts to overthrow the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as reported by Hong Kong police.
The pair, who have been incarcerated since September 2021, now face potential sentences of up to ten years in prison, according to prosecutors. During the trial, prosecutors alleged that the Alliance's calls for an end to one-party rule in China breached the country's constitution, citing a 2018 amendment that emphasized the CCP's leadership as the defining feature of the nation's socialist system.
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