12½ years’ jail for ex-Macau lawmaker Au Kam-san in city’s first national security trial
What happened
A Hong Kong court sentenced activist Joshua Wong, 30, to 10 years in prison on Thursday for conspiring with foreign forces under the national security law.
It is Wong's second conviction under the law; he pleaded guilty in September, which usually lowers a sentence.
Judge William Tam said he had considered 13 years as a starting point before cutting the term for the guilty plea.
The new term will run alongside the remainder of the four years and eight months he is already serving for the unofficial primary case.
Wong had been due for release in January 2027, with about two months left on that earlier sentence.
The US consulate in Hong Kong called for his immediate release.
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