Protester crowds swamp Hong Kong court to support jailed activist
Edward Leung was expected to appear at an appeal hearing on Wednesday after being sentenced to six years in prison for helping to lead a 2016 riot
09 October 2019 - 08:52
Hong Kong — Hundreds of protesters flooded a Hong Kong court to support the appeals case of a jailed activist who played a key role in building a radical anti-China movement in the former British colony.
The crowds gathered outside Hong Kong’s high court in Admiralty, where self-described “localist” Edward Leung, 28, was expected to appear at an appeal hearing on Wednesday. Leung had been sentenced to six years in prison last year for helping to lead a 2016 riot that was one of the worst outbreaks of unrest the city had witnessed at the time...
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