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Seven Hong Kong democracy campaigners, including former lawmakers, were sentenced yesterday to up to one year in jail for their roles in a protest last year against the sweeping National Security Law imposed by China. The seven had pleaded guilty to charges that included organizing the unauthorized assembly on July 1 last year when thousands of protesters took to the streets. Police, who had banned the demonstration citing coronavirus restrictions, fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds. The activists included Figo Chan (陳皓桓), a former convenor of the now-disbanded Civil...

HONG KONG: About a thousand police officers were deployed this morning to arrest 53 pro-democracy advocates under Hong Kong’s new national security law, the National Security Department announced. Those arrested are accused of “subversion” for allegedly trying to paralyse government activity and to force Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam to resign. All 53 took part or helped organise primary elections for the pro-democracy camp in July when some 600,000 Hong Kongers voted to choose candidates for Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo). Shortly after that, Lam decided to postpone t...

NowTV cited sources as saying that the arrests for alleged subversion came after candidates made an election pledge to veto government budgets. Former lawmakers Alvin Yeung, Andrew Wan, Au Nok-hin, Claudia Mo, Eddie Chu, Gary Fan, Helena Wong, James To, Jeremy Tam, Kwok Ka-ki, Lam Cheuk Ting, Raymond Chan, Roy Kwong and Wu Chi-wai were among those arrested, according to social media posts. Organiser of the primaries Benny Tai was also detained alongside district councillors: Andrew Chiu, Andy Chui, Ben Chung, Clarisse Yeung, Fergus Leung, Kalvin Ho, Kinda Li, Lawrence Lau, Lee Yue-shun, Lest...