Hong Kong protests: 11 found guilty of rioting near government headquarters in 2019
- Convicted comprise seven students, two jobless people, a clerk and computer technician who joined action on September 29 that year
- They were found to be among 500 people who gathered outside the building, with some hurling petrol bombs, setting fires and damaging barricades
Eleven people were found guilty on Tuesday of taking part in a riot near the Hong Kong government headquarters three years ago and were remanded for sentencing next month.
Prosecutors had charged all the defendants aged 19 to 25 with rioting, with sentencing adjourned to September 9.
The convicted included seven students: Cheung Hoi-yan, 21; Lam Cheuk-hin, 20; Ho Mun-hang, 21; Cheung Hiu-yung, 21; Ivan Leung Man-lok, 19; Li Wing-yan, 24; and Tracy So Ka-yuk, 24.
There were two unemployed people – Cheung Wai-ching and Tse Tsz-kin – both aged 24. The other two defendants were 29-year-old clerk Fung Ho-hin and computer technician Cheung Ming-yin who turns 26 on Wednesday.
All of the defendants were found to be among about 500 protesters assembled outside the government complex after 4pm on September 29, 2019. They occupied Harcourt Road, hurled objects and petrol bombs at the offices, set fires and damaged water-filled barricades despite police’s repeated warnings.