A former student leader has been detained ahead of sentencing after a judge convicted him of two charges in relation to the purchase of 10 laser pointers at a Hong Kong flea market during the 2019 social unrest.The District Court on Wednesday cleared Keith Fong Chung-yin of possessing offensive weapons in a public place on August 6 of that year, citing a lack of evidence that showed he had intended to injure police officers by keeping the devices.But the 23-year-old former president of Baptist…
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