Instigators including Jimmy Lai stand trial for illegal assembly in Hong Kong 1 2021-02-17 08:50:40Xinhua Editor : Feng Shuang ECNS App Download Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who has been charged with crimes including fraud and colluding with a foreign country or external elements to endanger national security, leaves the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Feb 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and eight other anti-China Hong Kong disruptors appeared in court on Tuesday for their involvement in an illegal assembly in Hong Kong. The defendants, also including Martin Lee Chu-ming, Albert Ho Chun-yan, Au Nok-hin and Leung Yiu-chung, were charged with organizing and participating in the illegal assembly in August 2019. The proceedings are expected to last for 10 days in West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts.