Unbowed, unbroken: Hong Kong activist defiant ‘till the last’ in face of possible life in prison for subversion

HONG KONG, Aug 27 — The first Hong Kong activist to defend himself in person in a landmark national security trial against 47 pro-democracy campaigners said on Tuesday he had no...

HONG KONG , Aug 27 — The first Hong Kong activist to defend himself in person in a landmark national security trial against 47 pro-democracy campaigners said on Tuesday he had no remorse over the alleged conspiracy.

Ng is among the fifth batch of the 45 convicted defendants to make mitigation pleas for a lighter sentence. Judge Andrew Chan said Ng would be entitled to a concession that would be “significantly less than others”, given his late plea and lack of remorse. He later won more than 20,500 votes in a pre-selection ballot for candidates to stand in Hong Kong’s legislative election, which was postponed.

The defendants are accused of plotting to force the government to meet the 2019 protest demands, by threatening to indiscriminately veto the budget after securing a legislature majority with candidates chosen in the primary election.

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