Legal scholar Benny Tai receives heaviest penalty in landmark national security trial
A Hong Kong court has sentenced 45 leading pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in prison in a landmark security case as authorities stamp out dissent in the Chinese territory. Legal scholar Benny Tai received 10 years in prison, the heaviest sentence. The court, in its ruling on Tuesday, said that Tai was a “principal offender” in organising an unofficial primary election in 2020. The other defendants received sentences of between four and eight years.
The charges carried a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Most of the defendants have been in detention for more than three years after being denied bail, and will only have to serve the remainder of their sentences. The defendants were accused of conspiracy to commit subversion over an opposition primary election in 2020.
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