Here is a timeline of events in this landmark case.
July 1, 2020 - Tong Ying-kit, now 24, is arrested shortly after the enactment of the national security law, which punishes what China deems as subversion, secessionism, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison.
Police say Tong, a former waiter, drove his motorcycle into three riot police, injuring them, while carrying a black flag reading Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our times, in the Wanchai district of Hong Kong island. Thousands of protesters had gathered in several districts on Hong Kong island that day to oppose the national security law, leading to several hundred arrests.
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Three Hong Kong judges are expected to deliver their verdict on Tuesday in the trial of Tong Ying-kit – the first person charged under the national security law that was imposed by China on the restive territory just hours before his arrest.
Tong, who has been held in custody and is now 24 years old, went on trial at the beginning of this month.
Here is a timeline of events in this landmark case.
June 30, 2020
Shortly before midnight, Beijing imposes the national security law on Hong Kong punishing what China deems subversion, secessionism, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison.
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