News Snapshot:
HONG KONG, Jan 4 (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court sentenced a 36-year-old lawyer to 15 months in prison on Tuesday for instigating an unauthorized assembly to commemorate those who died in China’s 1989 crackdown on pro- democracy in and around. Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Activist Chow Hang-tung, of the closed Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, was arrested a day before the June 4 anniversary of last year’s coup. Police have stopped annual vigils at Tiananmen in Hong Kong for the past two years, citing coronavirus restrictions. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to...
