Two organisers of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigils charged for inciting subversion

Two former organisers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre were convicted for “incitement to subversion”. Three government-vetted judges ruled that Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung had “incited other persons to organise, plan, commit or participate in acts by unlawful means with a view to subverting the state power.”

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