Hong Kong s acting chief superintendent of the Commercial Crime Bureau, Cheng Lai Ki (centre L), speaks to the media in Hong Kong after the release of the two youngest members of the so-called Hong Kong 12 who were caught trying to flee the territory for Taiwan, and held in southern Chinese city of Shenzhen since August, Dec. 30, 2020. Photo: RFA
A court in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Wednesday handed down jail terms of up to three years to 10 of the 12 Hong Kong protesters detained on Aug. 23 as they tried to flee a national security crackdown in the city, on charges linked to illegally crossing a border.