Hong Kong sentences Tiananmen vigil leaders to up to seven years in national security case
Three former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to seven years and three months for organizing annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung were convicted of inciting subversion under the national security law, while Albert Ho pleaded guilty. The court also fined the disbanded group HK$1.5 million. The sentences mark the end of a decades-long public commemoration tradition in Hong Kong, which was banned in 2020 and subsequently prosecuted under Beijing-imposed security legislation.
