HK court sentences minors for 'subversion'

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 09, 2022 12:25 am

HONG KONG: The first minors convicted under Hong Kong's national security law were on Saturday sentenced to detention in a training center by a judge who said their calls to overthrow China's government must be met with deterrence.

A 16-year-old girl and three 17-year-olds were members of a little-known pro-independence group that called itself 'Returning Valiant' and promoted a violent uprising against China at street booths and on social media last year, the court heard.

A man walks under a display of the Hong Kong and Chinese flags in the Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong on September 29, 2022, ahead of China’s National Day on October 1. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)

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