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A Chinese court convicted 10 people from Hong Kong who tried to flee to Taiwan of crimes relating to illegal border crossing, sentencing them to up to three years in prison.
The democracy activists were caught in August while trying to flee to Taiwan by speedboat.
Ten people who tried to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan have been sentenced in a Chinese court to up to three years in jail, while two minors have been returned to to Hong Kong police custody. On Wednesday the Yantian people’s court ordered the group to serve varying sentences of between seven months and three years in jail. Of the two people charged with organising the illegal border crossing, Tang Kai-yin was sentenced to three years and fined...
China jails Hong Kong activists who fled by speedboat for up to three years Mayank Aggarwal © Provided by The Independent A court in China on Wednesday sentenced 10 people from Hong Kong to up to three years in jail for trying to illegally flee to Taiwan, while two minors have been returned to Hong Kong. The 12 activists, aged 16 to 33 and including 11 males and one female, were detained in August in Chinese waters and taken to a prison on the Chinese mainland, where their families say they have not been permitted access to independent lawyers. The court in Shenzhen city, wh...
China Jails 10 Hong Kong Activists Over Attempt to Flee by Boat Bloomberg 12/30/2020 Natalie Lung and Kari Lindberg © Bloomberg The flags of China, left, and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) are displayed on a street in the Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, June 29, 2020. The national security law that China could impose on Hong Kong as early as this week won't need to be used if the financial hub's residents avoid crossing certain "red lines," according to Bernard Chan, a top adviser to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam. (Blo...