Hong Kong protests: opposition activists face stiffer sentences if found guilty after prosecutors up charges

Five leading opposition figures in Hong Kong will face tougher charges when they join 10 others in court on Monday afternoon in connection with last year’s anti-government protests.Former pro-democracy lawmakers Albert Ho Chun-yan, Lee Cheuk-yan, “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung, Cyd Ho Sau-lan, and activist Figo Chan Ho-wun face the extra charge of “incitement to knowingly take part in an unauthorised assembly” at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court.If convicted on that charge, the five could spend…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3084835/hong-kong-protests-opposition-activists-face-stiffer