Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Face Charges for ‘Inciting’ Rally-goers


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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Further Reading In-Depth Coverage By Verna Yu June 12, 2020 Hong Kong police on Friday told nine more pro-democracy activists that they would face charges for "inciting" people to participate in last week's rally to commemorate the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen crackdown. The move came a day after police told Jimmy Lai, founder of the Apple Daily newspaper, and three core members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, Richard Tsoi and former lawmakers Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, that they would be prosecuted on the charge of "inciting...