Hong Kong court jails 'HK47' democracy activists for up to 10 years

Legal scholar Benny Tai slapped with longest term for 'subversion'

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People line up outside Hong Kong's West Kowloon courthouse on Nov. 19, ahead of the sentencing of the so-called HK47 defendants in the city's biggest national security trial. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)

KENJI KAWASE and PEGGY YE, Nikkei staff writers

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.

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