HONG KONG -- A Hong Kong court on Tuesday handed down prison sentences of up to 10 years to democracy campaigners in the city's largest national security trial.
In the case widely known as that of the "Hong Kong 47," or "HK47," Benny Tai Yiu-ting, a former University of Hong Kong law professor who was stripped of his tenure, was given 10 years, the longest sentence. Joshua Wong Chi-fung, a prominent young democracy activist, was given a term of four years and eight months. Former journalist Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam was sentenced to seven years, while Leung Kwok-hung, a veteran activist known as "Long Hair" for his distinctive hairstyle, received a term of six years and nine months.
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