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Photo: RFA Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong will likely hold the trials of 12 Hong Kong protesters detained as they fled to the democratic island of Taiwan in the very first days of the New Year, according to a defense lawyer representing one of them. The Yantian District People’s Procuratorate in Guangdong's Shenzhen city is prosecuting Hong Kong activists Quinn Moon and Tang Kai-yin for "organizing an illegal border crossing," which carries a maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment, and Li Tsz-yin; Andy Li; Wong Wai-yin, and Kok Tsz-lun for "ill...

Two minors face non-public hearings, according to the notice. The activists, whose arrests were formally approved in September, had disappeared into China's opaque judicial system since their capture, with lawyers struggling for access and family members expressing fear over their fate. Some of those aboard the boat faced prosecution in Hong Kong for activities linked to last year's huge and often violent pro-democracy protests. #Breaking news by @appledaily_hk: #12hkyouths’ speedboat was allegedly tracked by #Hkgov aircraft before capture. Family members suspect that #HK gov cooperated w/ ...