Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil leaders charged with subversion

Hong Kong police charged the group that organizes the city’s annual Tiananmen candlelight vigil and three of its leaders with subversion under the national security law, amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong police charged the group that organizes the city’s annual Tiananmen candlelight vigil and three of its leaders with subversion under the national security law, amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China said that the group, its chairman, Lee Cheuk-yan, as well as vice-chairs Albert Ho and Chow Hang-tung were charged late Thursday with “inciting subversion of state power” under the national security law. The case was brought before court on Friday. Lee and Ho are already serving jail terms for their roles in unauthorized protests in 2019. Chow and four others arrested this week were also charged with failing to comply with the requirement to provide information for a national security investigation.