The Hong Kong government is viciously pursuing you! Joshua Wong was charged with "colluding with foreign forces" and sentenced to another 10 years in prison

Former Hong Kong Secretary-General Joshua Wong was charged with "colluding with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security." He has been detained or serving a sentence since November 2020. The latest news from foreign media pointed out that the Hong Kong High Court today sentenced Joshua Wong to 10 years in prison for the crime of colluding with foreign forces. It is estimated that Joshua Wong will serve his sentence until 2036 before being released.

According to comprehensive media reports, since the implementation of the "Hong Kong National Security Law", the Hong Kong government has filed a number of criminal charges against Huang Zhifeng, including his previous participation in political activities such as the anti-extradition movement, the June 4th rally, and the democratic primaries, and has been involved in at least 6 major criminal cases.

Joshua Wong, who just turned 30 last month, has been imprisoned for different cases since the end of 2020 and has been in prison for more than 6 years. Among them, Huang Zhifeng was involved in three cases, including the siege of the Hong Kong Police Headquarters in 2019, the anti-mask law demonstration, and the June Fourth rally in Victoria Park in 2020. After appeal and sentence adjustment, he was sentenced to a total of 23 months and 15 days in prison.

While Joshua Wong was serving his sentence, the Hong Kong government successively prosecuted him under the "Hong Kong National Security Law" and other crimes. In April 2023, Joshua Wong violated the court's injunction order by reposting links to posts involving the personal information of Hong Kong police officers and their families on social platforms, and was found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to an additional three months in prison.

In 2024, Joshua Wong was sentenced to 4 years and 8 months in prison by a Hong Kong court for conspiracy to subvert state power in accordance with the Hong Kong National Security Law for his participation in the 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy "35 plus primary election (47-person primary pro-democracy case)". He was originally scheduled to be released in January next year. However, the Hong Kong High Court today sentenced him to 10 years in prison for the crime of "conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security."

The judgment pointed out that from July to November 2020, Huang Zhifeng conspired with former Hong Kong Chairman Luo Guancong and others to request foreign countries or overseas institutions to impose sanctions on the SAR or the central government. The defense pointed out in court that Joshua Wong's crime was not a "serious crime" and recommended a prison sentence of nearly ten years as a starting point and a full plea discount. However, the court pointed out that there was social unrest when the case occurred, and he and Luo Guancong called for sanctions and other hostile measures to aggravate the plight of the central government and the SAR. It ruled that it was a "serious crime" and set a 13-year prison sentence as the starting point for sentencing. Taking into account factors such as his guilty plea, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, of which two months and two days were served at the same time as another case.