HONG KONG, June 25 — Mitigation pleas for Hong Kong’s biggest ever national security trial against the city’s democratic opposition kicked off on Tuesday, in what is expected...
HONG KONG, June 25 — Mitigation pleas for Hong Kong’s biggest ever national security trial against the city’s democratic opposition kicked off on Tuesday, in what is expected to be the final stage before sentencing that could see some defendants jailed for life.
The marathon case has drawn criticism from countries including Britain, the US and Australia, which say the national security laws have been used to stifle dissent and curb freedoms guaranteed when the financial hub was handed back to China in 1997. The mitigation proceedings come around one month after 14 democrats were found guilty with two acquittals. Several others had earlier pleaded guilty.
Tai, who earlier pleaded guilty, was deemed by the judges in the written verdict to be the “brains and primary promoter” behind the primary election to seriously interfere, disrupt or undermine the performance of the government.
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