According to the city’s contentious national security ordinance, two Hong Kong activists who planned yearly vigils to remember the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were found guilty of encouraging others to overthrow state power.
After being found guilty under the China-introduced law, Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, might get a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. A later date is anticipated for sentencing. Albert Ho, a 74-year-old defendant, entered a guilty plea in January.
A statement released on Friday stated that Lee and Chow “incited other persons to organise, plan, commit or participate in acts by unlawful means with a view to subverting the state power.” In May, Chow informed the court that the law was being tried.
One of the few locations in China where people could congregate to commemorate the tragic crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in 1989 was Hong Kong. Citing Covid-19 regulations, authorities outlawed these events in 2020, but they have never been held again. This year also marked the official implementation of the national security statute, which outlaws a wider variety of actions of dissent. Even indirect allusions to the 1989 crackdown are prohibited in mainland China.
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