Hong Kong court jails veteran activist for plan to protest Beijing Olympics

News Desk

A Hong Kong court on Tuesday sentenced a veteran activist to nine months in jail under a colonial-era sedition law for planning to protest against the Beijing Winter Olympics earlier this year.

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