AFP
Authorities in Hong Kong on Friday handed down additional jail terms to veteran rights activists and pro-democracy politicians for taking part in an "illegal assembly" on Oct. 1, 2019.
Former lawmakers Albert Ho, Lee Cheuk-yan, and Leung Kwok-hung were handed 18-month prison sentences, along with peaceful protest organizer Figo Chan.
Detained pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai was handed a 14-month sentence while on remand pending trial under a draconian national security law imposed on Hong Kong by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), while former lawmakers Cyd Ho and Yeung Sum, were jailed for 14 months, alongside former League of Social Democrats chairman Avery Ng.