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A Hong Kong court found 14 people guilty of subversion on May 30 at the start of a verdict hearing in the city's biggest case against the pro-democracy bloc since China imposed a national security ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday sentenced 45 leading democrats to jail terms of up to 10 years in what critics say is a major blow to the financial hub's rule of law. Under ...
️ Historic acquittals: The two activists who were acquitted, Lawrence Lau and Lee Yue-shun (pictured above), are the first national security defendants to be found not guilty after trial. Three ...
The Hong Kong 47 is a group of 47 pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the Hong Kong national security law. [1]On 6 January 2021, 53 activists, former legislators, social workers and academics were arrested by the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force under the national security law over their organisation and ...
Lee in June 2020 after arrest. Lee Yue-shun (Chinese: 李予信) is a Hong Kong social worker and former District Councillor.Formerly a member of the pro-democracy Civic Party, Lee was arrested and charged in 2021 for subversion along with other Hong Kong 47 defendants.
The media then revealed 29 defendants are to plead guilty to the charges, while the other 17 are to stand trial in the High Court, namely Gwyneth Ho, Owen Chow, Ray Chan, Lam Cheuk-ting, Leung Kwok-hung, Ricky Or, Mike Lam, Lee Yue-shun, Winnie Yu, Michael Pang, Kalvin Ho, Lawrence Lau, Helena Wong, Sze Tak-loy, Ng Kin-wai. 11 of those were ...
Lee Yue-Shun, another defendant and former member of the now disbanded pro-democracy party, the Civic Party, wrote on his Facebook that serving people as a social worker while on bail had ...
Lau pleaded not guilty to the charge, and defended himself in court. On 30 May 2024, Lau was one of two defendants who were acquitted, the other being Lee Yue-shun, after the Court of First Instance found that he had not mentioned an intention to veto the budget or subvert state power. [8] The Department of Justice has appealed the acquittal. [9]