A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced ten of the so-called “Hong Kong 12” — a group of pro-democracy activists detained by Chinese authorities …
A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced ten of the so-called “Hong Kong 12” — a group of pro-democracy activists detained by Chinese authorities on August 23 as they tried to flee the city for Taiwan — to up to three years in jail on charges linked to “illegally crossing a border.” The Yantian District People’s Court in Shenzhen city, located in southern China’s Guangdong province, sentenced Tang Kai-yin to three years in prison for “organizing others to cross a border illegally” and Quinn Moon to two years’ imprisonment on the same charge. “On the morning of December 30th, our court publicly sentenced Deng Jiran [Tang Kai-yin] and nine others,” the court said in a statement posted to its Weibo account. Weibo is a Chinese social media platform. The court additionally fined Tang Kai-yin 20,000 yuan ($3,060) and Quinn Moon 15,000 yuan ($2,300), according to the announcement, which was seen by Radio Free Asia (RFA).
