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Published On 30 May 2024
A Hong Kong court has found 14 of 16 activists and politicians guilty of subversion in the Chinese territory’s largest-ever trial under the Beijing-imposed national security law.
The group was among 47 people, including some of Hong Kong’s most prominent supporters of democracy, charged over an unofficial 2020 primary to choose candidates for a Legislative Council election that was later postponed.
Many of them have been held in custody since they were arrested in a predawn swoop in January 2021.
Two people were acquitted.
The remaining defendants pleaded guilty.
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