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Hong Kong Vigil Leaders Convicted | Tulsa News
Two former Hong Kong vigil organizers, Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, have been convicted under China’s national security law for inciting subversion — a verdict seen as a devastating blow to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. For over three decades, their group’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil was the city’s only large public remembrance of the 1989 crackdown, drawing thousands before it was banned in 2020. Prosecutors framed the alliance’s call to “end one-party rule” as an attempt to overthrow China’s leadership, while defenders argued it meant curbing unchecked power — a claim Listen…
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