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Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for 13 and a half months over protest

Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam also sentenced over protest at police HQ last year during city’s swelling pro-democracy movement

The high-profile Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong will spend more than a year in jail over an unauthorised protest outside police headquarters in June last year, a Hong Kong court has ruled.

Wong said last week he expected to be jailed after admitting organising the event early on in the city’s protest movement, which began with millions marching against an extradition bill before growing into a broader pro-democracy push.

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