A Hong Kong court convicts the first minors under the national security law, saying their calls to overthrow China’s government must be met with deterrence
The defendants cited the French Revolution and Ukraine's struggle for democratisation over the past decade to support their cause, the court heard.
They were charged with "conspiracy to incite subversion" under a sweeping national security law that Beijing imposed on the city to stamp out dissent after huge and sometimes violent democracy protests three years ago. The four teens, whose names are omitted because of their age, all pleaded guilty last month alongside fellow defendant Kwok Man-hei, 19.
Flyers handed out by the group also quoted the Chinese Communist Party's Mao Zedong saying that "revolution is not a dinner party" and is instead "an act of violence by which one class overthrows another," Lo added.The case also involves two adult defendants, whose sentences will be decided separately next month.Most have already spent a year in pre-trial detention, after new rules introduced by the security law made it more difficult for suspects to get bail.
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