Five Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) students were sentenced to up to four years 11 months in prison for taking part in protests. The charges included rioting and breaching a mask-ban on the campus two years ago. In mid-2019, tens of thousands took to the streets to protest against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) erosion of Hong Kong’s freedoms. The campus of CUHK also became a major flashpoint on Nov. 11, 2019—protesters threw petrol bombs at police officers on a bridge, who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas. Later in the afternoon, anti-riot police arrested the five students near the CUHK’s Postgraduate Hall, a location close to the bridge. They seized a metal hammerhead from Foo Hoi-ching and a spanner from Hui Yi-chuen. Despite the lack of evidence of their specific involvement in the riots, deputy district judge Kathie Cheung said the defendants must have “intended” to …
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