Hong Kong courts imprisoned democratic activists charged with organizing unauthorized rallies over protests in Hong Kong on October 1st, the 70th anniversary of China's founding. He was sentenced to 1 year and 2 months to 1 year and 6 months in prison.

Ten people, including democratic activist Lee Takuto and Jimmy Lai, the founder of the Hong Kong newspaper "Ringo Daily," known for its critical tone to the Chinese government, will face the 70th anniversary of the founding of China on October 1st. He was charged with organizing an unauthorized rally in connection with the form of protest demonstrations.



In a ruling on the 28th, a Hong Kong court sentenced eight of them, including Lee and Rei, to imprisonment for one year and two months to one year and six months, and convicted the remaining two with suspended sentence. I handed each one.



As a result, Lee and Rei will be sentenced to one year and eight months in prison, along with the prison sentence already sentenced in connection with another protest.



In Hong Kong, democratic activist Joshua Wong and four others were sentenced to prison for attending an unauthorized rally held in memory of the victims of the Tiananmen Square incident last June. The ruling continues.



A memorial rally was planned, but police said yesterday that it would ban it, and the ruling was perceived as aimed at restraining citizens trying to attend such a rally. I will.