{
  "id": 5010125,
  "title": "Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to collusion with foreign entities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-pleads-guilty-to-collusion-with-5010125",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T03:17:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/09/02/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-pleads-guilty-to-collusion-with-foreign-entities"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, 29, has pleaded guilty to a charge of collusion with foreign entities, a national security offense that could result in life imprisonment. Wong, once a prominent figure in Hong Kong's youth-led protests, now faces this charge due to an alleged international media and political campaign by the now-defunct political party Demosisto. The campaign aimed to bring sanctions against Hong Kong and China in 2019 and 2020. Wong is already serving a sentence for a previous national security charge related to an unofficial primary election in 2020. The government-approved National Security Law, imposed in 2020, has effectively banned the protests that once brought Wong global attention. Several Western diplomats were present at Wong's hearing at Hong Kong's High Court in Admiralty. His current sentence is set to conclude next year.",
  "summary": "The democracy activist was accused of using an international media and political campaign to seek foreign sanctions against China.",
  "key_points": [],
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to collusion with foreign entities",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-pleads-guilty-to-collusion-with-5014248",
        "published": "2026-09-02T03:17:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-pleads-guilty-to-foreign",
        "published": "2026-09-02T03:23:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-pleads-guilty-in-second",
        "published": "2026-09-02T04:23:43.000Z"
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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."
}