The defendants were among 47 democracy advocates prosecuted in 2021 for their involvement in an unofficial primary election.
Pro-democracy activist Leung Kwok-hung, left, raises his hands as he is escorted to a prison van for a court hearing
Those who were found guilty included former politicians Leung Kwok-hung, Lam Cheuk-ting, Helena Wong and Raymond Chan, but the three judges approved by the government to oversee the case acquitted two former district councillors Lee Yue-shun and Lawrence Lau. When Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997, Beijing promised to retain the city’s Western-style civil liberties for 50 years.
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