Cardinal Joseph Zen Convicted by Hong Kong Court in Crackdown on Dissent

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Hong Kong democracy advocate Cardinal Joseph Zen was convicted of failing to register a fund providing aid to antigovernment protesters

HONG KONG—Retired bishop and longtime Hong Kong democracy advocate Cardinal Joseph Zen wasa fund providing aid to antigovernment protesters, the latest court verdict in a continuing crackdown on dissent in the city.

The 90-year-old cardinal, along with other prominent activists including local pop singer Denise Ho and veteran barrister Margaret Ng, didn’t file paperwork for the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, a court ruled Friday. The now-defunct fund offered financial and legal assistance to people arrested during the protests that convulsed the city from 2019 up until China’s imposition of a sweeping national security law on the semiautonomous territory the following summer.

 

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Finally some 'journalism' after I learned what to wear to a concert and what to do if you husband wants to visit the mountains while you want beach... TY...

Persecution, there is no other word for this.

So you ain't gonna make this a Puff-piece about how 'he set out to change the world... just a man with a dream and anti-government fund... the new anti-china darling of alt-right' he should get a NYT speaking gig with SBF 😏💯

that's a very politically correct way of saying CIA asset 😏

Most Americans don't care about or care to know what or where Hong Kong is, they think that's the place the dude got caned in 94 for spitting on a sidewalk. Geopolitics is not a strong suit for our sympathy.

Good thing he's not in the U.S. otherwise he'll be doing some hard times or worse.

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