Hong Kong activist Wang sentenced to 4 months in prison for protests in 2019

Joshua Wong is one of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy activists. He was charged with 47 people under the National Security Law. He was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday for a statutory authorized assembly and violation of the anti-mask law. The court learned that Wong, now 24, pleaded guilty to all of the above names, including attending and using a face mask at a legally authorized assembly during the peak of anti-government protests in October 2019. He faces the possibility of up to three years in prison. The sentence will be extended. Judge Daniel Tang called Huang an “idol” for organizing illegal gatherings. He thanked his supporters, some of whom chanted “I miss you” and “Hang there.” “. In October 2010, Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam invoked the colonial emergency powers for the first time in 50 years to allocate a statute banning masks. Many pro-democracy protesters have used these masks to cover their concerns to the authorities in the past. Identity. According to the law, it is illegal to wear masks at legal and illegal gatherings. Offenders face up to one year in prison and a fine of 25,000. Those who need to wear a mask for health, religious or work-related reasons. According to an initial primary election held by Antique in July last year, Huang was one of 47 Democrats accused of conspiracy to subvert under the city’s national security law. He is currently sentenced to 13 and a half months in prison for organizing and inciting an illegal assembly near the city’s police headquarters in June 2019. The former British colony of Hong Kong returned to China in 1997 and promised all kinds of autonomy and freedom for pro-democracy activists, which caused parts of the city to stop frequently during violent protests in 2019, and said it was enlarged by the democratic rulers of Beijing. China refused.