The 16 who go on trial on Monday are those who pleaded not guilty out of 47 people arrested in Jan 2021. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - Sixteen Hong Kong activists face trial on Monday, more than two years after their arrest, in what some observers say is a landmark case for the city’s judicial independence under a national security law imposed by Beijing.They were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion for participating in an unofficial primary election in 2020.The other 34 - including 10 who pleaded not guilty - have been in pre-trial custody on national security grounds.
Prosecutors have described the primary election - held to select the strongest candidates to contest an upcoming legislative election - as a “vicious plot” to subvert the government and to wreak “mutual destruction” on the city by taking control of the city’s parliament. The trial is expected to last 90 days, with three defendants expected to testify against the others, prosecutors say.
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