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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong detained after pleading guilty to illegal assembly
Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been detained after pleading guilty to charges of organising and inciting an unauthorised assembly near the police headquarters during last year’s anti-government protests.
Key points:
- Joshua Wong and other activists have pled guilty to organising and participating in unauthorised demonstrations
- They could face up to three years in prison
- A growing number of Hong Kong activists have been charged since Beijing imposed sweeping national security laws
Wong, who was just 17 years old when he became the face of the 2014 student-led Umbrella Movement democracy protests, faces a maximum three-year jail term.
The sentence will be delivered by December 2.
Before being taken away by security…
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