Hong Kong activists plead guilty but say ‘history will absolve us’
by Helen Davidson in Taipei from World news | The Guardian on (#5G95V)
Lee Cheuk-yan says he and fellow accused Jimmy Lai and Yeung Sum did nothing wrong
A prominent Hong Kong activist, Lee Cheuk-yan has declared history will absolve" those on trial, after he pleaded guilty with the media mogul Jimmy Lai to taking part in an unauthorised assembly.
The two were facing charges alongside former Democratic party chairman Yeung Sum over a pro-democracy protest on 31 August 2019, which was not authorised by police.
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