Hong Kong Court Convicts Tiananmen Vigil Leaders of Inciting Subversion Under National Security Law
A Hong Kong High Court has convicted two former leaders of a disbanded group, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, for inciting subversion. Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, were found guilty for their repeated use of the phrase "end one-party dictatorship" in their political activities. This phrase, according to the judgment by three government-approved national security judges, was intended to cause others to lose confidence in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and undermine the fundamental basic system. The conviction highlights the strict enforcement of the China-imposed National Security Law (NSL), which effectively outlawed public commemorations of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests that were once legal in Hong Kong. Lee and Chow, who have been detained since 2021, had pleaded not guilty to the charge. Another former chairman, Albert Ho, 74, pleaded guilty to the same charge. 
