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Hong Kong Activist Jailed for 15 Months Over Tiananmen Square Massacre Vigil

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Hong Kong Activist Jailed for 15 Months Over Tiananmen Square Massacre Vigil
Chow Hang-tung of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China speaks at a press conference in Hong Kong on Sept. 5, 2021. Bertha Wang/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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1/4/2022|Updated: 1/4/2022

An activist behind the annual Tiananmen Square vigil in Hong Kong was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Jan. 4 for inciting others to participate in an unauthorized assembly in 2021 to commemorate the victims of the June 4, 1989, massacre at the hands of the Chinese regime.

“It can be foreseen that the public space to discuss June 4 will disappear entirely,” Chow Hang-tung told the court in tears after being sentenced. “Tyranny is greedy, red lines will keep expanding.”

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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers news in China and Taiwan. He holds a Master's degree in materials science from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.
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