Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organizers sentenced to up to 7 years, 3 months

Disbanded pro-democracy group also fined $192,000 in landmark 'subversion' case The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China leads a vigil in the city's Victoria Park on June 4, 2017, against a backdrop that reads "Vindicate June Fourth." Albert Ho Chun-yan and Chow Hang-tung are seen holding a text together, while Lee Cheuk-yan, center in a black shirt, holds a candle. (Photo by Kenji Kawase) TOKYO/HONG KONG — Prison sentences were handed down Friday for three former leaders of a civil group that held annual candlelight vigils in Hong Kong for victims of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.

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