Hong Kong actor Gregory Wong (R) enters the West Kowloon court in Hong Kong on 1 February 2024. Twelve Hong Kongers were jailed on 16 March 2024 for up to seven years over the storming of the city's legislature in 2019 at the height of pro-democracy protests that challenged the Beijing-backed government. (Peter PARKS / AFP)
A Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to jail terms ranging from more than four years to nearly seven years after they stormed the city's legislature during the 2019 pro-democracy protests.
Hundreds of protesters broke into the Legislative Council building on 1 July that year, daubing graffiti in the chamber and defacing a government emblem amid rising public anger over a proposed extradition bill that many feared would allow authorities to send people to mainland China for trial.
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