Workers assist bailiffs in removing a barricade under a court injunction in Mong Kok on November 25, 2014. Photo: AFP Workers assist bailiffs in removing a barricade under a court injunction in Mong Kok on November 25, 2014. Photo: AFP
Workers assist bailiffs in removing a barricade under a court injunction in Mong Kok on November 25, 2014. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong /  Law and Crime

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong appeals against jail sentence as lawyer argues ‘punish him for what he did, not his status’

  • Student leader was given three-month jail term for contempt of court during the 2014 Occupy protests
  • Barrister seeks a non-custodial sentence that would allow Wong’s immediate release

Topic |   Hong Kong courts
Jasmine Siu
Jasmine Siu

Updated: 8:44pm, 3 Apr, 2019

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Workers assist bailiffs in removing a barricade under a court injunction in Mong Kok on November 25, 2014. Photo: AFP Workers assist bailiffs in removing a barricade under a court injunction in Mong Kok on November 25, 2014. Photo: AFP
Workers assist bailiffs in removing a barricade under a court injunction in Mong Kok on November 25, 2014. Photo: AFP
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