Hong Kong Court Sentences 45 Activists for Legislative Election Plot, Equates Scheme to Violent Assault on Government
Hong Kong – A recent ruling by a Hong Kong court has declared a plan orchestrated by the now largely disbanded pro-democracy opposition to pressure government concessions during previous protests, as detrimental as an outright violent assault on government authority. The verdict was handed down to 45 former politicians and activists for partaking in an unauthorized legislative “primary” election, positioning this trial as the city’s most extensive under the national security law imposed by Beijing. …