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After storming parliament: Hong Kong court convicts four for rioting

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Published: February 2nd, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Hong Kong police officers patrol near the Legislative Council in Hong Kong in mid-October 2019.

A court in Hong Kong found four people guilty of rioting during the 2019 pro-democracy protests on Thursday. The verdict comes after eight others had already pleaded guilty to charges over the incident when hundreds of protesters besieged Hong Kong’s Legislative Council building on July 1, 2019. Hong Kong’s district court sets a maximum of seven years in prison for rioting.

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