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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 W...

The charges carry prison terms of up to five years. Lee Cheuk-yan, an ex-politician, and Yeng Sum, former chairman of the Democratic Party, were released on bail. Mr Lai was returned to jail as he is already being held on other charges related to his outspoken opposition to China’s crackdown on civil liberties in the former British colony. In this image made from video, pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan, left, and his supporter Cyd Ho, raise five fingers (Rafael Wober/AP) Walking out of the courthouse in Wanchai district, Mr Lee said that despite pleading guilty, he and the others saw no...

He faces more serious charges: conspiring with others to lobby foreign countries for sanctions against Hong Kong and the mainland; conspiracy; and possession of ammunition without a licence. Last week, a police statement said that he and seven more activists were returned to Hong Kong to face further charges but he failed to attend a scheduled court hearing in West Kowloon. The State-appointed law firm, Olympia Chambers, said on Thursday that Li missed his court appearance “due to the quarantine conditions,” required in Hong Kong to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and “not due to any ...

‘Where is Andy Li?’: Campaign for missing HK activist We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss 7.00am Normal text size Advertisement London: An international campaign has been launched calling for the release of Hong Kong activist Andy Li, who hasn’t been seen since he was arrested trying to flee China for Taiwan in a speedboat at the end of August last year. The 30-year-old computer technician is one of the so-called Hong Kong 12 arrested and charged under Beijing’s new national security law imposed on the territory. Li and ...