Two organizers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils convicted in national security case
- Two former organizers of Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen vigil were convicted by government-approved judges on Friday.
- Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, were found guilty of inciting subversion under a China-imposed national security law.
- The charges were filed in 2021 and carried a maximum sentence of 10 years.
- The alliance was also found guilty in the case.
Two former organizers of Hong Kong's annual vigil marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were convicted Friday in a national security case. Government-approved judges ruled that Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung had incited others to overthrow China's communist leadership.
The two were former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. They were charged in 2021 under a China-imposed national security law that has sharply narrowed the space for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.
The alliance was also found guilty. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
香港六四烛光晚会两名组织者在国安案中被定罪
香港每年纪念1989年天安门事件的烛光晚会两名前组织者，周五在一宗国安案件中被定罪。经政府批准的法官裁定，李卓人和邹幸彤煽动他人推翻中国共产党领导。
两人曾是香港市民支援爱国民主运动联合会的领导人。检方于2021年依据中国实施的国安法提起控告；这部法律已大幅压缩香港的亲民主空间。
支联会也被裁定有罪。相关罪名最高可判10年监禁。