Hong Kong trio jailed for up to 5 years, 2 months for rioting as police laid siege to PolyU at height of 2019 anti-government protests

West Kowloon Court judge tells men they were involved in serious offences that endangered public safety

Another accused given up to three years in detention centre as she was only 16 at the time

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A protestor arrested by police officers at the height of the disturbances at the Polytechnic University campus. Photo: Sam Tsang

Published: 9:58pm, 2 Jun 2023

A trio of Hong Kong men have been jailed for up to five years and two months for rioting as police laid siege to a university at the height of the 2019 anti-government protests.

The men were among four defendants sentenced at West Kowloon Court on Friday in connection with the large-scale disturbance that ended with police rounding up more than 200 protesters at a junction in Yau Ma Tei near Polytechnic University on November 18, 2019.

Lee Wing-yin, 27, received the heaviest sentence of 62 months after the court rejected his claim that he was working as a photojournalist during the confrontation.

Yu Pak-hang, 24, was jailed for 57 months and Chen Zhiyuan, 23, was sentenced to 4½ years behind bars.

Anti-government protesters retreat from police at Polytechnic University during the 2019 siege of the Hung Hom campus. Photo: Sam Tsang

Student Tang Miu-siu, 19, was sentenced to up to three years’ detention at a training centre as she was only 16 at the time.

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