Beijing, Nov 5. (dpa/GNA) – Jailed Hong Kong democracy activist, Joshua Wong, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in a second national security case.
The High Court handed down the sentence after the 30-year-old pleaded guilty in September to conspiring with foreign forces to endanger national security, the South China Morning Post and other local media reported on Thursday.
Prosecutors accused Wong of working with exiled activist, Nathan Law, and others between July and November 2020, to persuade foreign governments and organizations to impose sanctions and take other hostile measures against Hong Kong and China.
Wong, who gained international recognition as a leader of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in 2014, has been behind bars since November 2020.
In November 2024, he was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison in the high-profile “Hong Kong 47” case over an unofficial opposition primary election. He had been due for release in January, but is now expected to remain behind bars until late 2036, according to the South China Morning Post.
The remaining two months and two days of his previous sentence will run concurrently with the new prison term.
The judge initially set the sentence at 13 years, but reduced it to 10 years because Wong had pleaded guilty.
GNA