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Seven Appeal Rioting Sentences from 2019 Legislative Storm

12/18/2025

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Seven people, including Gregory Wong (singer) and Althea Suen (former student leader), appeal rioting sentences for July 1, 2019 storming of the Legislative Council, with terms up to six years and 10 months.
Prosecutor Anthony Chau said the case was unprecedented in court.
Separately, a 16-year-old was sentenced to three and a half years for conspiring to secede by joining a banned pro-independence group.

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Seven people, including Gregory Wong (singer) and Althea Suen (former student leader), appeal rioting sentences for July 1, 2019 storming of the Legislative Council, with terms up to six years and 10 months.
Prosecutor Anthony Chau said the case was unprecedented in court.
Separately, a 16-year-old was sentenced to three and a half years for conspiring to secede by joining a banned pro-independence group.