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Hong Kong jails 45 pro- democracy activists in city's largest security case
Legal scholar benny Tai is sentenced to 10 years, while dozens of others receive years-long jail terms.
Supporters hold up placards among people queueing up at the West Kowloon Magistrates Courts for a hearing of 47 pro democracy activists in Hong Kong on July 8, 2021
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a leading pro democracy advocate to 10 years in prison and handed dozens of other activists years-long jail terms in the Chinese territory's largest national security case.
benny Tai, a 60-year-old legal scholar who played a prominent role in Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests in 2014 and 2019, was handed the lengthy sentence on Tuesday after prosecutors cast him as the "organizer" of a con-spiracy by activists and politicians dating back to July 2020.
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The activists sought to elect law makers who would vote down the city's budget to force the dissolution of the legislature and then the ouster of the city's leader something that is allowed for under Hong Kong's Basic Law.
Prosecutors alleged that the group plotted to overthrow the government.
After Tai, the lengthiest sentence was handed down to Owen Chow, 27, Who received seven years and nine months for running as a candidate in the election.
Former journalist Gwyneth Ho 34, received seven years.
Both pleaded not guilty during the trial.
Australian citizen Gordon Ng. who urged Hong Kongers to vote in the primary on social media and in the media, was sentenced to seven years and three months.
Many of the group had been on remand for years after being denied bail during a marathon hearing in March 2021.
Out of 47 defendants arrested by Hong Kong national security police in a predawn raid in January 2021, 31 pleaded guilty, including Tai.
In May. the court found 14 of the remaining activists guilty of subversion and acquitted two others, former district councilors Laurence Lau and Lee Yue-shu.
The trial, which ran for 118 days after its start was overseen by three hand picked judges and eschewed many conventions of Hong Kong's common law legal system, including trial by jury and the presumption in favor of bail.
Defendants who pleaded guilty received shorter sentences in mitigation.
Among them were former journalist and legislator Claudia Mo, 67, who received four years and two months, and internationally well known activist Joshua Wong, 27, who received four years and eight months.
Observers said they expect prosecutors to file appeals seeking longer sentences for at least some of the activists, with tai and Wong among the likely candidates.
Under Hong Kong Beijing drafted national security law, defendants charged as "primary of fenders" face a maximum punishment of life imprisonment, while lower level offenders face sentences of between three and 10 Years
An the sentences rolled in on Tuesday, it was an emotional moment for kevin Yam a former Hong Kong lawyer who is now based in Australia.
During his career in Hong Kong Yam who is wanted by city authorities for alleged with many of the 45 defendants, including Tai
known Tai for over 20 years, and the thought of him going in for 10 years is heavy
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