Wong ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Hong Kong’s Conviction of Australian Citizen

Published on May 30, 2024

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has expressed serious concerns over the Hong Kong authorities’ decision to convict an Australian citizen on national security charges. In the city’s biggest trial against democratic opposition, the Hong Kong court on May 30, handed down guilty verdicts for 14 pro-democracy activists, including Australian-Hong Kong dual citizen Gordon Ng. The activists were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the Beijing-imposed draconian national security law, which was passed in 2020 as a means to suppress public and political dissent in the former British colony. In a mass arrest, Mr. Ng, whose Chinese name is Ng Ching-hang, has been detained since 2021 for being a part of the NSL47, a group of 47 leading democracy activists and politicians participating in the 2020 Legislative Council primaries....

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