{
  "id": 18474742,
  "title": "Former Macao lawmaker jailed 12.5 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/former-macao-lawmaker-jailed-12-5-years-18474742",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T08:53:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTHK News",
    "slug": "rthk-news",
    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1876831-20261106.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Macao lawmaker Au Kam-san was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison on Friday, marking the territory's first national security case. The Court of First Instance convicted him on multiple charges, including subverting state power, establishing links with organizations, breaching secrecy, and colluding with overseas entities.\n\nThe court found most of the indictment facts proven after carefully assessing all the evidence. Au admitted to collaborating with hostile overseas organizations, preparing and spreading false and distorted political advocacy to stir hatred among Macao residents against the Central People's Government, and leaking secret contents from a closed-door committee meeting to an overseas organization.\n\nThe Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office warned that national security is a non-negotiable line that must not be crossed. They criticized Au for colluding with external forces under the banners of democracy and freedom to engage in anti-China activities, seriously endangering national security and harming Macao's prosperity and stability. The judgment, according to the office, forcefully upholds the authority of the rule of law, emphasizing that anyone attempting to endanger national security will face severe legal consequences.",
  "summary": "Former Macao lawmaker Au Kam-san was jailed for 12-and-a-half years on Friday in the territory's first national security case. That came after the court convicted him on one count of subverting state power, two counts of establishing links with organisations, groups or individuals outside the Macao SAR to endanger national security, and one count of breach of secrecy. The Court of First Instance…",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Former pro-democracy lawmaker sentenced to 12 1/2 years in Macao’s 1st national security case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/former-pro-democracy-lawmaker-sentenced-to-12-1-2-years-in-macaos-1st",
        "published": "2026-11-06T03:06:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Former pro-democracy lawmaker sentenced to 12 1/2 years in Macao's 1st national security case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/former-pro-democracy-lawmaker-sentenced-to-12-1-2-years-in-macaos-1st-18464244",
        "published": "2026-11-06T07:21:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Nikkei Asia",
        "title": "Activist Au Kam-san jailed 12.5 years in 1st Macao national security case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/activist-au-kam-san-jailed-12-5-years-in-1st-macao-national-security",
        "published": "2026-11-06T07:32:51.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}