Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers to prison
Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho were convicted of inciting subversion earlier this year under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Asia Prominent Hong Kong activist pleads guilty to colluding with foreign interests Lee received a 7-year prison term and Chow was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months. Ho was given a lower sentence of 5 years and 2 months, partly because he pleaded guilty.
- ▪Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho were convicted of inciting subversion earlier this year under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
- ▪Asia Prominent Hong Kong activist pleads guilty to colluding with foreign interests Lee received a 7-year prison term and Chow was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months.
- ▪Ho was given a lower sentence of 5 years and 2 months, partly because he pleaded guilty.
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Asia Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers to prison September 11, 20262:42 AM ET By The Associated Press FILE - Pro-democracy activists including from left Albert Ho, Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung shout slogans during a gathering to mourn those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong on June 4, 2020. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption toggle caption Kin Cheung/AP HONG KONG — Three Hong Kong activists who organized annual vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced Friday to about 5 to 7 years in prison in a case widely seen as a barometer of the city's eroding freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.
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