Tiananmen Square vigil organisers found guilty in Hong Kong of ‘inciting subversion’

Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung - leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance - were tried under under a 2020 national security law

Two Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils marking China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown in 1989 were found guilty of incitement to subversion", in a case widely criticised as exemplifying the erosion of freedom of expression in the Chinese city.

Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41 incited other persons to organise, plan, commit or participate in acts by unlawful means with a view to subverting the state power", a press summary handed out to reporters said.