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Largest Hong Kong national security case sent to trial

Hong Kong’s largest national security case was yesterday sent to trial, after lingering 15 months in pretrial procedures during which most of the 47 defendants were denied bail.
Under the National Security Law, which Beijing imposed in 2020 following huge, sometimes violent democracy protests, the pro-democracy figures are charged with “conspiracy to subversion” for organizing an unofficial primary election.
Subversion is one of the four major crimes under the security law and can carry a punishment of up to life in prison.
The defendants, aged between 24 and 66, include democratically elected lawmakers and district councilors, as well as unionists, academics and others, ....

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