Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Sentenced to 13.5 Months in Prison

Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Sentenced to 13.5 Months in Prison
(L-R) Agnes Chow, Ivan Lam, and Joshua Wong pose for pictures before their court session in Hong Kong on Nov. 23, 2020. Song Bilung/The Epoch Times
Frank Fang
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Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and two of his longtime colleagues were handed prison sentences on Dec. 2 for their roles in a mass protest that occurred in front of the city’s police headquarters in 2019.

Wong, 24, was sentenced to 13 1/2 months after a court session at the West Kowloon Magistrates Court. Fellow pro-democracy activists Agnes Chow, 23, and Ivan Lam, 26, received prison sentences of 10 months and seven months, respectively.
Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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