Hong Kong democrat Lam Cheuk-ting jailed for 2019 incident

Judge rejects argument Lam acted in self-defense against club-wielding mob

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Democratic Party lawmakers Lam Cheuk-ting and Ted Hui Chi-fung react after being released on bail over anti-government protests at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, in Hong Kong on Aug. 27, 2020. © Reuters

HONG KONG (Reuters) -- A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced veteran democrat Lam Cheuk-ting and six other men to jail terms of several years for rioting after being attacked by a white-shirted mob in the summer of 2019 as pro-democracy protests raged.

On the night of July 21, 2019, more than 100 white-shirted men stormed the Yuen Long MTR station in the China-ruled city's northwest, attacking passers-by and journalists with clubs and sticks.

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