Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to illegal assembly


Pro-democracy activists (from left) Agnes Chow, Ivan Lam and Joshua Wong arriving at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts to face charges related to illegal assembly stemming from 2019, in Hong Kong, China on Monday (Nov 23, 2020). - Reuters

HONG KONG, Nov 23 (Reuters): Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of organising and taking part in an unauthorised assembly near the police headquarters during last year's anti-government protests.

Wong, who was just 17 years old when he became the face of the 2014 student-led Umbrella Movement democracy protests, faces a maximum five-year jail term if convicted.

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