Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years

Joshua Wong, once a teen activist and a poster boy of the “Umbrella Movement,” is spending most of his adult life in prison.

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Joshua Wong stands in a hearing room
Joshua Wong turned 30 last monthImage: Olivier Douliery/AFP

Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced on Thursday to 10 more years in prison on a charge of collusion with foreign powers, under the city’s China-imposed national security law,

The 30-year-old, who is already serving a nearly five-year jail term for “subversion” under the controversial national security law, was expected to be freed in January next year.

Wong will now not be due for release until the end of 2036.

This is a developing story. More to follow.

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