Judge Stanley Chan also sentenced Lester Shum, Jannelle Leung and Tiffany Yuen to between four and six months in jail. Twenty others facing similar Tiananmen Square anniversary charges from last June are due to appear in court on Jun 11.
This year, the Jun 4 Tiananmen Square anniversary event is particularly awkward for Beijing, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party. When asked whether commemorating the victims of Tiananmen would violate the new security law, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam last month said that it was important to show respect to the Party.
China has never provided a full account of the 1989 Tiananmen Square violence. The death toll given by officials was about 300, most of them soldiers, but rights groups and witnesses say thousands of people may have died.last December over an unlawful anti-government rally on Jun 21, 2019, and an additional four-month sentence for participating in an unauthorised protest in October 2019 while also breaking a government law against wearing face masks.
While in prison, Wong was arrested in January on suspicion of breaking the new security law, which was introduced in July 2020, by taking part in an unofficial vote to pick opposition candidates for a since-postponed election, which authorities describe as a"vicious plot" to"overthrow" the government.
Cannot tell more than political decisions, HongKong gov just adopt an illegal stance when it suits and but not when it doesn't, the only reason is to fawn over CCP. The Tiananmen vigil has been organized in hk for decades. But make it illegal this year? A penny for her thought.
HongKong has a high level of autonomy? Not anymore. Hong Kong is no difference with China now, TiananmenMassacre is a forbidden topic now. TiananmenVigil has been banned, people memorialise the dead are jailed. We witness the fall of this city, please StandWithHongKong.
hk has demonstrated that there is no room for democracy and freedom under ccp administration StandWithHongKong JoshuaWong
The separation of powers has left Hong Kong Hong Kong only have political persecution now. HKPoliceState CCP_is_Terrorist
All the trials and jailing are just nonsense, CCP is abusing the National security law attempted to threaten us not to oppose the regime and destroyed our democracy. And targeting all our activists send them to jail in order to scare us and make us shut up StandWithHongKong
Deterring the public from peaceful protests with jail sentences means the court is actively playing a role in silencing freedom of expression. Doubt on judicial independence in Hong Kong.
DOJ in HongKong: Department of Joke. RuleOfLaw is a joke now. How sorrowful it is. CCP_is_terrorist FreeHongKong
Release ALL political prisoners. NO one should be sentenced because of his/her speech and political views. CCP_is_terrorist FreeJoshuaWong FreeHongKong
The sentence is a joke. HKPoliceTerrorists ban the assembly due to the risk of pandemic outbreak. However, more than 20k people keep the social distance and just sit on the floor to chant slogan/ light up candle But the charge is unauthorised assembly. What is the logic of it?
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