Hong Kong: 12 people jailed for storming Parliament in 2019
In Hong Kong, heavy sentences were handed down on March 16 against twelve Hong Kongers who participated in the storming and ransacking of Parliament in July 2019. Dozens of other participants fled Hong Kong following this episode and are currently in exile.
Protesters deface the Hong Kong logo at the Legislative Council to protest against the extradition bill, in Hong Kong, July 1, 2019. AP - Vincent Yu
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With our correspondent in Hong Kong,
Florence de Changy
Among the twelve Hong Kongers sentenced to heavy prison terms this Saturday afternoon, one of the stars of
Hong Kong
cinema , actor Gregory Wong, 45, who only stayed in Parliament for five minutes. , during this historic night.
He received six and a half years in prison, but his sentence is expected to be reduced significantly because he pleaded guilty and has no previous convictions.
“
Riot is the language of those who are not heard
”
The political activist, Owen Chow, 27, also prosecuted in the trial linked to the primaries of the pro-democracy camp, had for his part torn up three copies of the Constitution within Parliament.
He received five years and one month in prison.
“
Riot is the language of the unheard
,” he said at his final hearing, quoting Martin Luther King Jr.
The assault on Legco on July 1, 2019 marked the start of a violent spiral of the
demonstration movement
, which began in opposition to an extradition bill to China a few weeks earlier.
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