4 University of Hong Kong student leaders face maximum of 7 years in jail if convicted over motion…


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Four University of Hong Kong student leaders accused of promoting terrorism by passing a motion lauding a knife attack on a police officer face up to seven years in jail if convicted, after their impending trial was moved to a higher court. Former student union president Charles Kwok Wing-ho, 20, student union council chairman Kinson Cheung King-sang, 19, residential hall representative Chris Todorovski Shing-hang, 18, and Arts Association representative Anthony Yung Chung-hei, 19, returned to West Kowloon Court on Friday for a second pretrial hearing. They were the first to be charged with advocating terrorism since the Beijing-imposed national security...