A former vice-chairman of the group behind Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil is facing up to 10 years in jail after he admitted advocating an end to Communist Party rule in mainland China in breach of the national security law.
The group also provoked public hatred and disaffection towards the regime by spreading negative information about the nation under the guise of promoting democracy and commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown, according to prosecutors.
Since 1990, the alliance had held an annual candlelight vigil in Victoria Park on June 4 to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing, which was the only large-scale public commemoration on Chinese soil.
Ho is among three former alliance leaders accused of violating the Beijing-decreed legislation.
Former chairman Lee Cheuk-yan, 68, and vice-chairwoman Chow Hang-tung, 40, on Thursday confirmed they denied the incitement offence, having previously indicated their intention to contest the charge.
