Landmark Hong Kong national security trial opens two years after arrests

Prosecutors have described the primary election - held to select the strongest candidates to contest an election for the city's assembly, the Legislative Council , as a "vicious plot" to subvert the city government and to wreak "mutual destruction" on it by taking control of the city parliament.

All who pleaded guilty, including former law professor Benny Tai and prominent activist Joshua Wong, will be sentenced after the trial. Beijing imposed a national security law on the city in 2020 after months of at times violent pro-democracy protests.

Ha! ha! a fair trial for democracy activists in China, good luck with that!

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