"Hong Kong Alliance" (the Alliance) and its three leaders, Lee Cheuk-yan, Ho Chun-yan and Chow Hang-tung, have been charged with "incitement to subversion". They were sentenced at 10 a.m. on Friday (Sept. 11) at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, which is temporarily serving as the High Court.
The Alliance was fined HK$1.5 million, payable within three months. Lee was sentenced to seven years in prison, Ho to five years and two months, and Chow to seven years and three months.
Under Article 23 of the Hong Kong National Security Law, the offence of conspiracy to subvert state power carries a maximum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment in serious cases.
The four defendants in the case were the Alliance, Lee Cheuk-yan, Ho Chun-yan and Chow Hang-tung.
The prosecution alleged that between July 1, 2020 and Sept. 8, 2021, the defendants in HK incited others to organize, plan, carry out or participate in acts using unlawful means with the aim of subverting state power.
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