The Hong Kong Alliance leaders were arrested under the national security law for failing to handover details about the organization's meetings and finances.
HONG KONG (Bloomberg): Hong Kong has denied a jury trial to dozens of democracy advocates facing life in prison under a China-imposed national security law, according to local media, raising concerns over the rule of law in the former British colony.
Koo Sze-yiu, who has been diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer, was sentenced to nine months in prison for planning a protest, amid fears he could die in prison.
A Hong Kong activist with terminal cancer was yesterday jailed for attempted sedition over a planned protest against the Beijing Winter Olympics that was foiled by a pre-emptive arrest.
Koo Sze-yiu (古思堯) was arrested on Feb. 4, the opening day of the Winter Olympics, after he had announced plans to protest outside Beijing’s Hong Kong Liaison Office.
The 75-year-old was formally charged the next day with “attempting to do or making any preparation to do an act or acts with seditious intention” a colonial-era offense and was denied bail.
Principal Magistrate Peter Law (羅德泉) yesterday jailed Koo for nine months, saying