June 4th Activist Accused Earlier of Incitement Has Her Conviction Overturned After Appeal

Tonyee Chow Hang-tung (C), the former vice-chairperson of the HK Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (The Alliance), at a press conference on June 11, 2021. She was charged and convicted of inciting others to knowingly participate in an unauthorized assembly and sentenced to 15 months in prison earlier in 2022. After an appeal to the High Court, she had her conviction and sentence revoked on Dec. 14, 2022. Sung Pi-lung/The Epoch Times

Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, the former vice-chairperson of the HK Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (The Alliance), was accused of publishing an article online in 2021, calling on citizens to attend the unapproved June 4 rally. She was convicted of inciting others to knowingly participate in an unauthorized assembly and sentenced earlier to 15 months in prison. Chow later appealed against the conviction and sentence, and the High Court judge today (Dec. 14) ruled to revoke both the conviction and sentence.

After the verdict was announced, Chow expressed complete surprise at the result. The representative of the Department of Justice (DoJ) told the judge that it would study the court verdict before deciding whether to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal.