Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty on Wednesday in another trial under the national security law. The 29-year-old Wong admitted to collaboration with foreign entities, which under the legislation pushed by Beijing could result in a life sentence. STVR (Minute by Minute) ↗
Wong is among the most well-known faces of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement. He is already serving an almost five-year sentence in prison in another case related to subversive activities. The new admission concerns charges that he had called on foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades, and other hostile measures against China. France24 ↗
His plea was reported by several Hong Kong media outlets and subsequently by foreign news bureaus. The trial is part of a broader implementation of security legislation that Beijing introduced following extensive pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The law allows prosecution of crimes related to subversive activities, separatism, terrorism, and collaboration with foreign forces.
The guilty plea could bring Wong additional years behind bars on top of the sentence he is already serving. The court will decide on the length of the sentence in a later phase of the proceedings. The case also remains a symbol of the gradual narrowing of pro-democracy space in Hong Kong following the adoption of the national security law.
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Hongkonský aktivista Joshua Wong čelí doživotiu. Priznal vinu za spoluprácu so zahraničím
aktuality.sk
| 06:59 02.09.
Hongkong: Demokratieaktivist Joshua Wong bekennt sich in weiterem Verfahren schuldig
Spiegel.de
| 08:22 02.09.
Joshua Wong: Demokratie-Aktivist Joshua Wong bekennt sich der Verschwörung schuldig
Die Zeit
| 07:40 02.09.
Hongkongse activist Joshua Wong bekent schuld: 'Zegt meer over Hongkong dan over hem'
NOS
| 06:08 02.09.
Hongkong : Joshua Wong, figure du mouvement prodémocratie, plaide coupable de collusion avec l’étranger
Le Monde
| 05:33 02.09.
Hongkong - Joshua Wong legt erneut Schuldbekenntnis ab
Deutschlandfunk
| 05:24 02.09.
Jailed HK activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion
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| 04:48 02.09.
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