Two Hong Kong men convicted of violating the Beijing-decreed national security law have said they joined a pro-independence group either to obtain asylum in Canada or “out of curiosity”. Courier Chan Tai-sum, 27, and waiter Ng Chi-tung, 25, pleaded guilty in the District Court on Friday to conspiracy to commit secession for their involvement with…
A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a Hong Kong court for joining a Taiwan-based political group that promoted the city’s independence, in breach of the national security law. The boy, who earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit secession, was found on Monday to be an…
A 15-year-old boy and two others have been remanded in custody for allegedly conspiring to seek Hong Kong’s independence through a Taiwan-based political organisation in breach of the national security law. National security police on Friday levelled a charge of conspiring to commit secession under the Beijing-imposed law, a day after announcing their arrests and…