Trio of Occupy Central student leaders charged over protest that sparked 79-day movement
Three student leaders of last year’s Occupy protests in Hong Kong were charged by police for their roles in a protest last year at government headquarters in the days leading up to the start of the movement.
Three student leaders of last year’s Occupy protests in Hong Kong were charged by police today for their roles in a protest last year at government headquarters in the days leading up to the start of the movement.
Scholarism leader Joshua Wong Chi-fung, Federation of Students secretary general Nathan Law Kwun-Chung and his predecessor Alex Chow Yong-kang attended police headquarters in Wan Chai this morning to accept the charges.
Wong said he was charged with taking part and inciting others to take part in an unlawful assembly. Chow said he was charged for taking part in an unlawful assembly while Law was charged for inciting others to take part in it.
The trio were among a group of students who broke into the forecourt of government headquarters in Admiralty on September 26 last year.
The break in came after students staged a class boycott for several days outside the building in protest against Beijing’s stringent framework on political reform. The break in triggered the 79-day Occupy protests two days later.