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Hong Kong opposition trio Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam, and Agnes Chow face jail after pleading guilty to charges over police headquarters siege

  • Wong and Lam changed pleas at last minute ahead of expected six-day trial at West Kowloon Court
  • Chow previously admitted her guilt and all three have been remanded ahead of sentencing next week

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Hong Kong protests: Joshua Wong pleads guilty for role in 2019 police headquarters siege

Hong Kong protests: Joshua Wong pleads guilty for role in 2019 police headquarters siege
Phila SiuandChristy Leung
Three Hong Kong opposition activists have been remanded in custody, after pleading guilty to charges stemming from their involvement in a 15-hour siege of the city’s police headquarters during the anti-government protest movement last year.
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Joshua Wong Chi-fung, 24, Ivan Lam Long-yin, 26, and Agnes Chow Ting, 23, appeared at West Kowloon Court on Monday, where Wong and Lam had been expected to stand trial over their roles in the incident on June 21.

But both men, who previously entered not-guilty pleas, changed their minds before the six-day hearing was set to start. Chow had already pleaded guilty.

“Even though they are guilty, I hope the court will consider their degrees of participation [in the siege],” said Lawrence Lok Ying-kam SC, representing Wong and Chow.

Wong pleaded guilty to a charge of organising an unauthorised assembly, and another charge of inciting others to take part in the event. However, he denied knowingly taking part in an unauthorised assembly, and the prosecution decided to offer no evidence against him on this, effectively dropping this charge.

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Lam pleaded guilty to a charge of incitement, while Chow had been charged with incitement and taking part in an unauthorised assembly.

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