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Joshua Wong jailed for 10 years over bid to instigate sanctions on Beijing, Hong Kong

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung received an additional nine years and 10 months in prison for conspiring with Nathan Law and others to lobby Western governments for sanctions against mainland China and Hong Kong following the 2019 protests.
The High Court sentenced him to 10 years for colluding with foreign forces under the national security law imposed on June 30, 2020.

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Beijing imposed the national security law on Hong Kong on June 30, 2020, following the 2019 anti-government protests. Wong had been scheduled to complete a sentence of four years and eight months for conspiracy to commit subversion on January 7 next year.

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Jailed Hong Kong opposition activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung has been slapped with an additional nine years and 10 months behind bars for his role in a global campaign to instigate sanctions against mainland China and the city in the aftermath of the 2019 anti-government protests.

The High Court on Thursday sentenced Wong to 10 years’ imprisonment for conspiring with fugitive ex-lawmaker Nathan Law Kwun-chung and other activists to collude with foreign forces after Beijing imposed the national security law on Hong Kong on June 30, 2020.

Wong, who turned 30 last month, had been scheduled to complete a sentence of four years and eight months for conspiracy to commit subversion on January 7 next year.

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Joshua Wong will serve the additional sentence consecutively with his existing term.
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