{"id":1867956,"date":"2023-03-05T00:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T05:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hong-kong-court-convicts-activists-behind-tiananmen-vigil\/"},"modified":"2023-03-05T00:28:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T05:28:29","slug":"hong-kong-court-convicts-activists-behind-tiananmen-vigil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hong-kong-court-convicts-activists-behind-tiananmen-vigil\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Court Convicts Activists Behind Tiananmen Vigil"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhong-kong-court-convicts-activists-behind-tiananmen-vigil%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1867956&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p>HONG KONG\u2014Three Hong Kong activists from a now-defunct group that organized annual vigils commemorating the Chinese communist regime&#8217;s 1989 massacre of pro-democracy protesters were convicted on Saturday for failing to provide authorities with information on the group in accordance with a national security law.<\/p>\n<p>Chow Hang-tung and Tang Ngokwan were among those arrested during a crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. The clampdown was initiated after massive demonstrations three years earlier. Before it was disbanded by the Beijing-imposed law, they were members of the Hong Kong Alliance for Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China.<\/p>\n<p>This alliance is best remembered for its candlelight vigils held in Hong Kong to commemorate the Chinese military&#8217;s suppression of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Critics argue that its closure has demonstrated the erosion of freedoms promised in 1997, when Hong Kong was returned to China.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Cheung, the government prosecutor for the Alliance, accused the Alliance of being a terrorist during the trial that began last year. It started more than a full year after they were originally arrested. &#8220;foreign agent&#8221; After allegedly being given HK$20,000 ($2,547) by it, an unnamed group was reportedly paid HK$20,000<\/p>\n<p>Chow, howev<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8230;..<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> &#8220;Continue reading More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/hong-kong-court-convicts-activists-behind-tiananmen-vigil_5099615.html?utm_source=partner&#038;utm_campaign=conservnewsd\">Hong Kong Court Convicts Activists Behind Tiananmen Vigil<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG\u2014Three Hong Kong activists from a now-defunct group that organized annual vigils commemorating the Chinese communist regime&#8217;s 1989 massacre of pro-democracy protesters were convicted on Saturday for failing to provide authorities with information on the group in accordance with a national security law. 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