Lai, together with Chow Hang-tung, a vice chairperson of the now-defunct vigil organizer the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, and activist and former reporter Gwyneth Ho were convicted for either taking part in or inciting others to join the candlelight vigil in 2020.
They are among 24 activists who were charged over their roles in the unauthorized assembly in Victoria Park on June 4 last year, during which thousands of people gathered to light candles and sing songs in the park despite police warnings that they may be breaking the law. The Hong Kong Alliance previously organized a candlelight vigil in the city’s Victoria Park on June 4 each year to mark the bloody crackdown on protesters campaigning for more democracy in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.Last year, authorities banned the protest for the first time in three decades, citing social distancing restrictions and public health risks due to the coronavirus. The protest was also banned this year.
Prior to the ban, massive crowds attended the annual candlelight vigil and it was the only large-scale public commemoration on Chinese soil of the 1989 crackdown in Beijing. Lai was found guilty of inciting others to take part, while Ho was convicted for knowingly participating in the assembly. Chow, a barrister, was convicted for both inciting and participating in the vigil.Most of the activists who had been charged over the banned vigil had previously pleaded guilty, including outspoken activist Joshua Wong, who was given 10 months in jail for his participation in the vigil.
Sad.. all for lighting a candle in commemoration of the dead in the TiananmenSquareMassacre. The truth will never be forgotten though. Esp not when China still continues with numerous HumanRightsViolations up to the present day. It's time we all hold China ACCOUNTABLE!
Bubub_LoveHK It is political persecution. ccp controlled courts, Legal Department, police and bloodycarrie government. OneCountryTwoSystemsIsDead Please sanction them and BoycottBeijingOlympics CCP_is_terrorist HumanRightsViolations BoycottBeijing2022 CCPLiedPeopleDied
bubupig_ HongKong still has independent judicial system? Highly suspicious and doubtful
Law is only the tool of oppression in HongKong. Shame on HongKong's kangaroo court! FreeHongKong StandWithHongKong BoycottBeijingOlympics
stopthechinesegames
The CCP is a despotic dictatorship. God Bless the freedom fighters!!
Lock up tycoons everywhere! these are the robber barons who want imperialism.
Not reported the hellish nightmare of a Chinese prison system a big reason the protests continued in Hong Kong.
Their roles in a candlelight vigil AND conviction should never go together.
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