In Hong Kong, heavy sentences were handed down on March 16 against twelve Hong Kongers who participated in the storming and ransacking of Parliament in July 2019. Dozens of other participants fled Hong Kong following this episode and are currently in exile.
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With our correspondent in Hong Kong, Florence de Changy
Among the twelve Hong Kongers sentenced to heavy prison terms this Saturday afternoon, one of the film stars of Hong Kongactor Gregory Wong, 45, who only stayed five minutes in Parliament during this historic night.
He received six and a half years in prison, but his sentence is expected to be reduced significantly because he pleaded guilty and has no previous convictions.
“ Riot is the language of those who are not heard »
The political activist, Owen Chow, 27, also prosecuted in the trial linked to the primaries of the pro-democracy camp, had for his part torn up three copies of the Constitution within Parliament. He received five years and one month in prison. “ Riot is the language of those who are not heard “, he said during his final hearing, quoting Martin Luther King Jr.
The Legco assault of July 1, 2019 marked the start of a violent spiral of demonstration movementwhich had started in opposition to an extradition bill to China a few weeks earlier.