On whether 16 opposition individuals violated the national security law by taking part in an unofficial legislative primary election four years ago, the High Court starts rendering a decision, and it is expected to take two days for the whole case to be decided.
Among the 16 defendants who pleaded not guilty, 14 of them, including Ng Gordon Ching-hang, Cheng Tat-hung, Yeung Suet-ying Clarisse, Pang Cheuk-kei, Ho Kai-ming Kalvin, Wong Pik-wan, Sze Tak-loy, Ho Kwai-lam, Chan Chi-chuen Raymond, Yu Wai-ming Winnie, Chow Ka-shing, Lam Cheuk-ting, Leung Kwok-hung, Or Yiu-lam Ricky, etc., were found guilty of conspiring to commit subversion, while while acquitting Lau Wai-chung and Lee Yue-shun.
The judges concluded that those convicted had taken part in a plot to seriously obstruct, disrupt or undermine the duties and functions of the Hong Kong government by unlawful means with a view to subvert state power.
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