Hong Kong’s Top Court Overturns Tiananmen Activist’s Acquittal
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Hong Kong’s top court overturned a local democracy activist’s acquittal over her role in a banned Tiananmen memorial in June 2021, restoring a conviction handed in early 2022.
In December 2022, Hong Kong’s High Court cleared Chow Hang Tung of charges of inciting others to take part in a June 2021 unauthorized assembly to commemorate China’s 1989 crackdown on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, a rare victory for democracy activists in recent years. The city’s Department of Justice filed an appeal in June against her acquittal.