seven jailed over banned protest in 2019
The District Court on Wednesday sentenced seven activists to between 11 and 16 months in prison for their roles in a banned protest in 2019.
Former lawmakers Leung Kwok-hung, Cyd Ho, Albert Ho, and Yeung Sum, as well as Raphael Wong and Avery Ng from the League of Social Democrats, and Figo Chan of the Civil Human Rights Front, had earlier pleaded guilty to organising or inciting others to join an unauthorised march on October 20 from Tsim Sha Tsui to the West Kowloon high-speed rail station.
Prosecutors said four of the defendants had urged people to join the march at a press conference on October 19 after the police had banned it, while six of them led the march on the day.
Judge Amanda Woodcock sentenced Chan, Leung, Albert Ho to 16 months in jail, Cyd Ho and Wong to 14 months, Ng to 12 months and Yeung to 11 months.
But the judge noted that all of the defendants, except Wong, had been sentenced over their roles in three other protests in 2019.
She said taking into account the similar nature of the cases, the six defendants will serve their new sentences concurrently with the terms they are already serving.
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