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Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong will likely hold the trials of 12 Hong Kong protesters detained as they fled to the democratic island of Taiwan in the very first days of the New Year, according to a defense lawyer representing one of them.
The Yantian District People’s Procuratorate in Guangdong s Shenzhen city is prosecuting Hong Kong activists Quinn Moon and Tang Kai-yin for organizing an illegal border crossing, which carries a maximum penalty of seven years imprisonment, and Li Tsz-yin; Andy Li; Wong Wai-yin, and Kok Tsz-lun for illegally crossing a border.
According to an FAQ article published by defense attorney Lu Siwei in a number of Hong Kong media outlets this week, the trial looks set to be held at the Yantian District People s Court on Jan. 1.
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The case has become a focal point for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition, which, after months of intense protests last year, has been checked by a wide-ranging crackdown and the imposition of a tough national security law on the semiautonomous Chinese territory. The effects of the law were on display in Hong Kong on Wednesday, as a group of high-ranking officials swore an oath of loyalty to the local government and constitution as part of a new requirement.