4 years, 7 months jail for man involved in Yuen Long mob attack amid Hong Kong protests in 2019
by Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP— A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to four years and seven months in jail over rioting and wounding others during the Yuen Long mob attack at the height of the 2019 protests and unrest. Tang Siu-hung, a 42-year-old driver, was prosecuted last July along with three others, four years after an incident on the night of […]
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP—Hong Kong student jailed for 1 year and 4 months over money laundering charge linked to 2019 protest fund. A Hong Kong man has been jailed for one year and four months over his links to a fundraising platform that supported protesters in 2019. Yu Yan-yuk, currently a student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, appeared at the District Court on Wednesday afternoon, local media reported. He earlier pleaded not guilty to money […]
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP—Hong Kong Cardinal Zen and 4 other activists to challenge conviction over 2019 protester relief fund. Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen and four other pro-democracy activists are set to appeal their convictions linked to a defunct fund that supported protesters during the unrest in 2019. The legal challenge was launched by Cardinal Zen, barrister Margaret Ng, former lawmaker Cyd Ho, scholar Hui Po-keung and singer-activist Denise Ho, who were trustees of […]
@pressfreedom—Serbian ex-mayor jailed for 4 years in arson attack on journalist Milan Jovanović. Berlin, April 29, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the four-year jail sentence given to Dragoljub Simonović, the former mayor of Grocka, a suburb of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, for ordering an arson attack on journalist Milan Jovanović’s home. The court also gave a four-year sentence to Aleksandar Marinković, who set fire to the house