Three High Court judges on Friday also imposed a HK$1.5 million fine on the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, bringing the high-profile trial at West Kowloon Court to a close.
The alliance, former chairman Lee Cheuk-yan and former vice-chairwoman Chow Hang-tung were earlier convicted after the judges found they had incited public hatred towards the party by likening Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters to local authorities’ suppression of the 2019 anti-government protests.
Lee and Chow were sentenced to seven years and seven years and three months behind bars, respectively.
