Hong Kong national security law: leading figures in student opposition group denied bail
- Trio from Student Politicism charged with conspiracy to incite subversion under national security law
- Magistrate sides with prosecutors who objected to defendants’ temporary release
Three current and former members of an opposition political group in Hong Kong have been denied bail after being charged with conspiracy to incite subversion of state power under the national security law.
The three leading figures of Student Politicism appeared in West Kowloon Court on Tuesday, a day after being arrested by national security officers, who also raided the group’s warehouse in the Wah Sing Industrial Building in Kwai Chung.
Convenor Wong Yat-chin and former secretary Chan Chi-sum, both 20, and former spokeswoman Chu Wai-ying, 18, will stand trial in the District Court, where they face seven years in jail if convicted.
The trio have been accused of conspiring with another group spokeswoman, Wong Yuen-lam, to incite others to commit acts to overthrow or undermine “the basic system of the People’s Republic of China”, as well as “the body of central power of the People’s Republic of China or the body of power of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”.
Prosecutors have named Wong Yuen-lam, 19, as a wanted person.
