Hong Kong Protesters Jailed For Airport Assault On Mainland Reporter
01/08/21 AT 5:09 AM
Three Hong Kong democracy supporters were jailed for up to five and a half years on Friday for their involvement in a protest at the city s airport where a mainland Chinese state media reporter was tied up and assaulted.
Hong Kong was rocked by seven straight months of huge and sometimes violent democracy protests in 2019 which China has since stamped out with a crackdown.
At one point, protesters converged on and blockaded the airport for two days causing travel chaos.
During the protests, some of those in the crowd turned on two people they accused of being Chinese spies or undercover police.
Reuters Mass arrests in Hong Kong and independent journalists imprisoned in Vietnam
A website dedicated to publishing first-hand accounts of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement has warned its users to prepare for large-scale internet blocks, filters, and censorship in future, in the first indication that China may be exporting its Great Firewall to the city under a draconian national security law that took effect on July 1.
The HKChronicles website started receiving reports from users based in Hong Kong that they were no longer able to access the site late on Jan. 6, the site s founder and chief editor Naomi Chan said in a statement.
Protesters Given Prison Terms for Beating Reporter at Hong Kong Airport
The sentences, stemming from an attack on a journalist for China’s state news media, were the heaviest yet in connection with the 2019 protests, a lawyer said.
Fu Guohao was taken away on a stretcher after being assaulted by protesters at Hong Kong’s international airport in August 2019.Credit.Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times
Published Jan. 8, 2021Updated Jan. 26, 2021
HONG KONG A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced two men and one woman to several years in prison for assaulting a Chinese state media reporter during a protest that paralyzed the territory’s international airport in 2019.
The Straits Times
Hong Kong protesters jailed for 2019 assault on mainland reporter at airport
The reporter was zip-tied, restrained on a baggage cart, kicked and punched by a group of attackers.PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM VICE NEWS/FACEBOOK
PublishedJan 8, 2021, 7:11 pm SGT
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