In full: Tiananmen vigil activist Chow Hang-tung’s mitigation after guilty verdict in national security trial
Tiananmen vigil activists Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, and the now-defunct pro-democracy group they led, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, returned to court on Friday for mitigation proceedings. Chow, Lee and the group were found guilty last Friday of inciting subversion, an offence under the national […]
Chow Hang-tung, a barrister and activist, delivered her mitigation statement in court regarding her guilty verdict for inciting subversion under the national security law. In her statement, Chow criticized the legal system and argued that pursuing democracy is not a crime. She emphasized the importance of individual beliefs and the need to hold the state accountable within a democratic framework.
Chow stressed that ending one-party dictatorship is an inescapable responsibility for Hongkongers and mainland Chinese, and that such a belief is based on reason and facts rather than hatred. She firmly rejected the notion that only through hatred can someone mobilize for change and maintained her stance against the unjust law.
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