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Two organisers of Hong Kong's decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been convicted under a controversial national security law.
Three activists were accused of inciting others to subvert state power under the China-introduced law.
Sky News – World Two organisers of Hong Kong's decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been convicted under a controversial national security law.
A Hong Kong court has convicted and sentenced Tiananmen vigil organizers Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho to prison terms of about five to seven years for inciting subversion under the national security law imposed by Beijing.
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The convicted Tiananmen vigil organizers—Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho—were sentenced to prison terms of about five to seven years, resolving earlier uncertainty over whether two or three people had been convicted.
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Sky News – World Two organisers of Hong Kong's decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been convicted under a controversial national security law.
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