Joshua Wong

China, Hong Kong authorities launch 1st publicly known joint operation

China's national security authorities in Hong Kong and the city's police launched their first publicly known joint operation, raiding the homes of six people on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security. The police's statement on late Thursday did not disclose the identity of the six people suspected of breaking the 2020 Beijing-imposed national security law between November 2020 and June 2024. Beyond their homes, officers searched the office of the organisation involved and seized exhibits such as bank documents and devices for further investigation, according to the statement. The six people were required to surrender their travel documents. Beijing's national security arm in Hong Kong also had requested assistance from the city's national security police, including in arranging interviews with the people in the case, the police said. But the local force did not elaborate details of their accusations and which organization it was, saying the ...

Activist Joshua Wong asks lesser sentence in Hong Kong's security case

Prominent activist Joshua Wong asked for a lesser sentence in court on Friday after he earlier pleaded guilty in Hong Kong's biggest national security case. Wong was one of 47 activists charged in 2021 under a Beijing-imposed national security law with conspiracy to commit subversion for their involvement in an unofficial primary. The activists were accused of attempting to paralyse Hong Kong's government and topple the city's leader by aiming to win a legislative majority and using it to block city budgets indiscriminately. Wong and 44 others admitted their liability or were convicted by the court. They could be sentenced to life in prison, though those who pleaded guilty have a better chance of receiving shorter sentences. Their mass prosecution dealt a severe blow to the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement. Wong waved at the public gallery after he walked into the courtroom. Former Democratic Party chair Wu Chi-wai, former pro-democracy lawmaker Jeremy Tam and activist Ta

China 'supports' barring activist Joshua Wong from Hong Kong election

Wong, one of the most prominent figures in the otherwise leaderless movement, accused the Hong Kong government of 'political screening'

Hong Kong activist Joshua walks free from prison, vows to join protests

Wong was sent to prison in May and was eligible for early release for good behaviour

Hong Kong court jails 2014 pro-democracy activist for obstructing justice

The 21-year-old activist, along with 15 others, had admitted to disobeying the judicial order

Jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong released on bail

Jailed democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law were released on bail today pending an appeal against convictions for their role in the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests. The jail sentences handed down by the city's Court of Appeal in August came amid mounting fears that Beijing is tightening its grip on the semi-autonomous city and that rule of law is being compromised. Wong, 21, who became the face of the mass pro-democracy protests while still a teenager, was jailed for six months while Law, 24, was imprisoned for eight months. They were granted bail at the Court of Final Appeal until November 7, the first appearance in the appeal proceedings. A third activist, Alex Chow, who was jailed for seven months alongside Law and Wong, was not part of Tuesday's hearing. Wong's father Roger, who has heavily criticised his son's imprisonment, was at the court. Supporters outside punched the air at news of the pair's release. Lawmaker Eddie Chu said their release on bail