Hong Kong democracy activists partially win bid to quash protest convictions

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, founder of the local newspaper Apple Daily, arrives outside a district court in Hong Kong on July 13, 2020. Picture: AP

Seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy advocates had part of their convictions quashed on Monday over their roles in one of the biggest pro-democracy protests in 2019.

Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, Martin Lee, the founding chairman of the city’s Democratic Party, and five former pro-democracy lawmakers, including barrister Margaret Ng, had been found guilty of organising and participating an unauthorised assembly.