Instigator of HK riots sentenced
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JOSHUA Wong Chi-fung, an instigator of the Hong Kong riots, was handed another prison sentence of four months yesterday for joining an unauthorized rally and violating an anti-mask law.
Wong, 24, had pleaded guilty to both charges, including taking part in and using a facial covering at an unauthorized assembly in October 2019, the court heard. He had faced a maximum possible sentence of three years in jail. The sentence will extend a 13-and-a-half-month sentence he is already serving for organizing an illegal assembly.
In October 2019, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam enacted a regulation banning face masks, which many rioters used to hide their identities from authorities.
Under the law, it was illegal to wear a mask at assemblies.
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