Joshua Wong Guilty Plea
6 articles from 3 countries
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, 29, pleads guilty in the city’s High Court to conspiring to collude with foreign forces under the national security law. Singapore-based reports stress the charge and its potential maximum sentence, while Taiwan’s coverage emphasizes Wong’s years behind bars and Hong Kong’s account identifies him as a jailed pro-democracy campaigner.
From school uniform to a 30-year-old prisoner: Joshua Wong has spent his youth behind bars
Joshua Wong entered Hong Kong’s High Court at 29, more than a decade after he first became known as a student activist in a school uniform. He pleaded guilty to a second case under Hong Kong’s National Security Law, adding uncertainty to a prison term that had been expected to end next year. Wong first attracted attention in 2012, when he opposed the Hong Kong government’s proposed national educat…
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to colluding with foreign entities
Joshua Wong pleaded guilty in Hong Kong on Wednesday to colluding with foreign entities, exposing the prominent democracy activist to a possible life sentence under the city’s national security law. W…
BREAKING: Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner Joshua Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion charge
Joshua Wong has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, his second conviction under Hong Kong’s Beijing-imposed national security law. The 29-year-old pro-democracy campaigner ent…
Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Pleads Guilty to Collusion Charge
Joshua Wong pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a national security charge that carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, adding a new case to the legal troubles of one of Hong Kong’s best-known democr…
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to collusion charge
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty on Sept. 2 to colluding with foreign entities, a national security offense that carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Wong, 29, rose to …
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong expected to plead guilty in foreign-collusion trial
Joshua Wong, one of the most recognisable faces of Hong Kong's defeated democracy movement, is expected to plead guilty on Sept. 2 in a national security case that could send him to prison for life. W…