
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 additional years in prison for collusion with foreign powers under the national security law, extending his incarceration until the end of 2036.
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Joshua Wong is already serving a nearly five-year jail term for subversion under Hong Kong's national security law and was expected to be freed in January next year.
Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced on Thursday to 10 more years in prison on a charge of collusion with foreign powers, under the city's China-imposed national security law.
The 30-year-old, who is already serving a nearly five-year jail term for "subversion" under the controversial national security law, was expected to be freed in January next year.
Wong will now not be due for release until the end of 2036.
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