Hong Kong protests: activist Agnes Chow, associate of opposition figure Joshua Wong, convicted of inciting siege of police headquarters
- Chow last month pleaded guilty to incitement and taking part in an unauthorised assembly outside police headquarters in Wan Chai on June 21, 2019
- Fellow members of the now-defunct Demosisto, Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam were also charged over the incident and have pleaded not guilty
Chow was formally convicted at West Kowloon Court on Wednesday, after prosecutors read out their case against her in court. Her sentencing was adjourned to December 1, which will be the final day of a six-day trial for Wong and a third defendant, Ivan Lam Long-yin, over the same incident.
The court heard that Chow had provoked a large crowd outside the Legislative Council, there to protest against the now-withdrawn extradition bill, to surround the police facility at 11am that day by chanting “besiege the police headquarters”.
According to the prosecution, she successfully mobilised hundreds of protesters to assemble outside the premises, where they blocked its entrances, removed barriers, pelted the building with eggs, sprayed graffiti, vandalised CCTV cameras and caused serious disruption to nearby traffic.