Hong Kong Court Convicts 4 People of Rioting in 2019 Pro-Democracy Protests

Actor Gregory Wong, one of the six defendants who pleaded not guilty to riot in a trial involving protesters who stormed the Legislative Council during the pro-democracy protests in 2019, arrives at the court before verdict in Hong Kong, on Feb. 1, 2024. Louise Delmotte/AP Photo

HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court on Thursday found four people guilty of rioting after the legislature of the financial center was stormed during pro-democracy protests in 2019.

The verdict comes after eight others had already plead guilty to charges over the incident when hundreds of protesters besieged Hong Kong’s Legislative Council building on July 1, 2019.