China has expressed its "firm support" to Hong Kong authorities for their "guilty" verdict on the financial hub's landmark national security trial, known as "the Hong Kong 47".
China has expressed its "firm support" to Hong Kong authorities for their "guilty" verdict on the financial hub's landmark national security trial, known as "the Hong Kong 47". Fourteen pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion, under the city's Beijing -imposed national security law . Two others have been acquitted, but Hong Kong ’s Department of Justice says it intends to appeal the acquittals.
China has expressed its "firm support" to Hong Kong authorities for their "guilty" verdict on the financial hub's landmark national security trial, known as "the Hong Kong 47". Fourteen pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion, under the city's Beijing-imposed national security law. Two others have been acquitted, but Hong Kong’s Department of Justice says it intends to appeal the acquittals.
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