In January, Hong Kong activist, barrister, and pro-democracy politician Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, convicted of multiple charges due to commemorating the Tiananmen massacre, also known as the June 4 incident, in 2020 and 2021, was sentenced to 22 months in jail. On Dec. 3, Chow denied the police charges and said the police violated the constitution.
Chow Hang-tung’s case refers to the former vice-chairman of the group that organized Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigils (the Alliance), Chow Hang-tung, who last year appealed to the public to participate in the June 4 vigil online and was charged with “inciting others to knowingly participate in an unauthorized assembly.” She was convicted in January this year, and Chow was sentenced to 15 months in prison, of which 10 months will be executed in installments with other cases, with Chow a total sentence of 22 months.
