2019 protests: Ex-law student, 27, handed 34-month jail term for rioting following successful gov’t appeal

A Hong Kong court has sentenced a 27-year-old woman to 34 months in prison for participating in a riot at the peak of the city’s social unrest, reversing her prior acquittal. Former law student Alice Tong received the sentence on Wednesday in District Court, Ming Pao reported. Tong was found guilty of rioting in mid-June […]

By Irene Chan