Jailed Pro-Democracy Activist Joshua Wong was hit with a further national security charges, a moving rights groups said shows in Hong Kong Government is trying to disagree after bars to as long as possible.
Wong: A well-known Activist Who is in chains for more than four years or waiting for trial or serving sentences that accused of conspiracy to collude with a foreign country. I appeared in the court of Friday to listen to the charge and do not apply for the hold.
Hong Kong’s National Security police said in the statement that has been caught 28-year-old man in suspicion of the offense, then instead of “the property or believed to represent the proceeds of the offense.”
According to the charge sheet, viewed by Reuters and Hong Kong Free Press, Wong is acceded of conspiring with fellow Democracy Activist Nathan Law, who is in exile overseas, and others to ask foreign countries, institutions, organizations or individuals outside China I’ll impose the sanctions and blocked.
He also accused of conspire to ask foreign parts “seriously disrupt the formula and implementation laws and policies” in Hong Kong and China, “which is likely to cause serious consequences” Hong Kong Free Press reported.
The charge is under Hong Kong’s National Security Law, which is placed in the city Beijing in 2020 after 2019 Pro-Democracy protests brought into the city to state.
Law was criticized by a foreign government The rights of groups as much broad and poorly defined, and easily telonized to destroy the criminalizing and benign acts disagrees. The Hong Kong and Central Chinese governments reject a criticism and say the law need to restore to the city.
Wong’s due to be released on January 2027. He is serving the protest-related sentences, including a 56-month term for its parts in And so called “Hong Kong 47” Group of civil, activists, campaigners and community members who held private pre-election primaries in 2020. Cohort’s convicted of NovemberAt the end of Hong Kong’s largest national security trial. Two 47 and absolute.
Human Rights Watch’s Sinai Director, Maya Wong, called new charges against Wong “arbitrary, cruel and impure.”
“While the bonds under one time charge, Joshua Wong is a sudden struck with further other as the authorities appear in the mind keeping one of the Hong Kong’s most democracy deserter behind the bar,” he said.
Amnestia, the international, said new charges could see him gave life sentence if found guilty.
“Hong Kong’s national security of the law of the age of the five years of the end of the month, and this new charges against the City to be more powerful, and in the city, in the city, and in the city, in the city, and in the city, and in Sarah rights.
“When again, the wandering and sweeping block of collusion with a foreign man” is to be arms, to justify the attack in the freedoms of the expression and association.
“This Latest charge against the Underscores in the authorities, fear prominent and showed lengths and will go to it after the bars at so long – in order to continue the effect of the city Activism in the city.”
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