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Hong Kong Sentences Pro-Democracy Activists to Prison Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai / Getty Images Jack Beyrer • April 16, 2021 1:45 pm
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The China-backed Hong Kong government sentenced several prominent pro-democracy activists to prison on Friday.
A Hong Kong court sentenced Jimmy Lai, a media mogul who is critical of the Chinese Communist Party, to 14 months in prison for protesting against China s crackdown on the city. The court also sentenced four former Hong Kong lawmakers for their role in pro-democracy protests.
The sentencing comes a day after Hong Kong s National Security Education Day, a mandated holiday to commemorate China s enforcement of its national security law on the city. Protesters demonstrated against the law throughout the summer of 2020 for effectively ending the political and legal separation between Hong Kong and China. The protests started in 2019 after China undermined Hong Kong s relative autonomy by forcing the city to comply with
Senior Chinese official warns foreign powers against interfering in Hong Kong Thursday, 15 April 2021 5:40 AM
[ Last Update: Thursday, 15 April 2021 5:40 AM ] Luo Huining, the head of China’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong, delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark National Security Education Day, at the Hong Kong Convention Center in Hong Kong, China, on April 15, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
A senior Chinese official has warned foreign powers against any interference in Hong Kong, saying they will face countermeasures if they try to use the semi-autonomous city as a “pawn.”
Luo Huining, the head of China’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong, made the remarks at a ceremony marking National Security Education Day on Thursday, which was held for the first time with a number of activities to promote public awareness about the national security law enacted in the city last June.
HK police mark ‘national security day’ with bear
AFP, HONG KONG
Hong Kong police yesterday displayed a cuddly bear mascot, rappelled from a helicopter and goose-stepped as the territory held a “National Security Education Day.”
Beijing last year blanketed Hong Kong in a sweeping National Security Law after months of democracy protests.
Yesterday’s events, the first since the law’s imposition in June last year, included activities across the territory to burnish the security forces and outline the threats China perceives in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Correctional Emergency Response Team personnel take part in an emergency drill at an open day to mark National Security Education Day at the Staff Training Institute of Correctional Services Department in Hong Kong yesterday.
National Security Education Day events kick off in HK By Gang Wen | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-15 15:27 Share CLOSE Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (fourth left) leads in officiating in the opening ceremony of the National Security Education Day 2021 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on April 15, 2021. Looking on are (from left to right) Major General Chen Daoxiang, Commander-in-chief of the Chinese People s Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison; Zheng Yanxiong, Head of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People s Government in the HKSAR; Tung Chee Hwa, Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference and former Chief Executive of the HKSAR; Luo Huining, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People s Government in the HKSAR; and Yang Yirui, Acting Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Min