Hong Kong protester given 9-year term in 1st security case
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File- In this Monday, July 6, 2020, file photo, Tong Ying-kit, 23 years old, arrives at a court for the violation of the new security law after carrying a flag reading "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our times" during a protest in Hong Kong. Tong has been sentenced to nine years in prison in the closely watched first case under Hong Kongs national security law as Beijing tightens control over the territory. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
HONG KONG – A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first prosecution under Hong Kong’s national security law as the ruling Communist Party tightens control over the territory.