Three organisers jailed over Hong Kong vigil for Tiananmen Square victims

Chow Hang-tung has been jailed (Kin Cheung/AP)
Chow Hang-tung has been jailed (Kin Cheung/AP)

Three former organisers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests have been jailed.

Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were each handed four-and-a-half months in prison for failing to provide authorities with information on the group in accordance with a national security law.

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