Twelve sentenced to jail for storming Hong Kong legislature in 2019

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A Hong Kong court sentences 12 people to jail terms of up to almost seven years in a high-profile rioting case linked to a 2019 pro-democracy protest.

A Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to jail terms of up to almost seven years in a high-profile rioting case.

The incident was a pivotal moment in the months-long protests that embroiled the China-ruled city in the boldest populist uprising against Chinese Communist Party rule since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. The political activists Ventus Lau and Owen Chow, who had pleaded guilty, were also given jail terms.

 

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