Hong Kong Court Convicts 14 Pro-Democracy Activists in Major National Security Case
https://x.com/AFP/status/1796109293080420859
Excerpt:
Major Points
A Hong Kong court convicted 14 pro-democracy activists on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under a national security law imposed by Beijing, which has greatly restricted public dissent.
The accused include former lawmakers such as Leung Kwok-hung and Lam Cheuk-ting, who now potentially face life in prison. Two former district councilors were acquitted.
These activists were charged for their participation in an unofficial primary election aimed at obtaining a legislative majority to veto government budgets, which the court claimed could paralyze the government and lead to a constitutional crisis.
The court’s verdict emphasized that “unlawful means” used in the conspiracy did not have to be criminal acts and that the accused did not need to be aware of the unlawfulness.
The case is seen as an example of how the national security law is being used to suppress political opposition and erode civil liberties in Hong Kong, despite promises of maintaining Western-style freedoms after the 1997 handover from Britain to China.
As this legal saga continues, international and local observers remain deeply concerned about the implications for Hong Kong’s political landscape and its promises of maintaining Western-style civil liberties post-handover from Britain in 1997.
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The ‘concern’ by observers is laughable given what is happening in the US and EU to civil liberties. This case has many similarities to what the deep state is doing to innocent citizens here in the US.
Conservatives are writing ‘happy’ articles about Ackman supporting Trump in 2024. IMO he’s a Wall Street globalist chameleon who can’t be trusted. Example:
FLASHBACK:
Investor Ackman tweets to Trump: Close down the country
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ackman-idCAKBN21528E/
Excerpt:
Billionaire investor William Ackman, who has long worried about risks posed by the coronavirus, called on the Trump administration on Wednesday to seal off the country for 30 days and said stocks would “soar” if such restrictions were imposed.
“The only answer is to shut down the country for the next 30 days and close the borders,” Ackman said in a post on Twitter, adding: “Tell all Americans that you are putting us on an extended Spring Break at home with family.”
Ackman also said he had bought stock in private equity group Blackstone Group as well as portfolio companies his hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management already owns, including Hilton Worldwide Holdings.
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He was either in on the Covid scam or bought the propaganda and wanted action that would harm the average American. Ackman is not MAGA he is Wall Street only changed his support due to the antisemitism of the demofascists.