3 jailed for rioting during Hong Kong protests on National Day in 2019

Three men have received up to 4½ years in jail for rioting and resisting police on National Day during Hong Kong’s anti-government ­protests more than two years ago, while two accomplices have been sentenced to correctional training. Judge Ernest Lin Kam-hung said while imposing the penalties on the five defendants at the District Court on Monday that protesters had turned the city into a “battlefield” and tarnished Hong Kong’s reputation as a peaceful metropolis through their violent actions…


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