HONG KONG: Defiant three plead guilty AP, HONG KONG Three veteran Hong Kong democracy advocates, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英), on Wednesday pleaded guilty to taking part in an unauthorized rally in 2019 that led to violence between police and participants. The charges carry prison terms of up to five years. Former Hong Kong legislator Lee Cheuk-yan (李卓人) and former Hong Kong Democratic Party chairman Yeung Sum (楊森) were released on bail. A police motorcade transporting democracy advocate Andy Li is pictured outside the West Kowloon Magistrates Court in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Photo: AFP Lai was returned to jail, as he is already being held on other charges related to his opposition to China’s crackdown on civil liberties in the territory.