A China-Born Hong Kong Youth to Be Sentenced Under National Security Law
Wong Yat-chin, the former convener of the student political group “Student Politicism,” accused of “conspiring to incite others to subvert state power” under the National Security Law (NSL), will plead for leniency and could be sentenced when in court on Sept. 24. He wrote earlier, ” Although I have no expectations for the outcome, I have neither complaints nor regrets.”
The 21-year-old, who was born in Suining, Sichuan Province, in mainland China, went to Hong Kong when he was a grade 5 school pupil. He participated in a parade for the first time on June 9, 2019, and began to join the subsequent social movement. He had been arrested many times for placing street stands and other activities organized by Student Politicism and had also been followed many times….