Student activist Tony Chung will now have his national security case heard at the District Court following a request from prosecutors. Photo: AP Student activist Tony Chung will now have his national security case heard at the District Court following a request from prosecutors. Photo: AP
Student activist Tony Chung will now have his national security case heard at the District Court following a request from prosecutors. Photo: AP

Hong Kong national security law (NSL)

Hong Kong /  Law and Crime

National security law: Hong Kong student activist facing up to seven years in prison after change of trial venue

  • Prosecutors have moved Tony Chung’s secession case from West Kowloon Court to the higher District Court, where sentences are capped at seven years
  • Chung also faces charges of sedition and money laundering

Topic |   Hong Kong national security law (NSL)
Jasmine Siu
Jasmine Siu

Updated: 11:32pm, 7 Jan, 2021

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Student activist Tony Chung will now have his national security case heard at the District Court following a request from prosecutors. Photo: AP Student activist Tony Chung will now have his national security case heard at the District Court following a request from prosecutors. Photo: AP
Student activist Tony Chung will now have his national security case heard at the District Court following a request from prosecutors. Photo: AP
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