Hong Kong: Nine pro-democracy activists sentenced to jail for joining Tiananmen vigil


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Simon Leung Kam-wai, fourth from right, a committee member of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, is escorted by police during an investigation of the June 4th Museum in Hong Kong. | Photo Credit: AP Hong Kong: Nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists on Wednesday were sentenced to between six and 10 months in jail while three others were handed suspended sentences for joining peaceful Tiananmen vigil. The sentencing came one week after leaders of the group behind the annual vigil were separately accused of inciting subversion following a police raid on a museum in...