Hong Kong (CNN Business) A Hong Kong court has convicted pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and eight other prominent opposition activists over their roles in an unauthorized assembly at the height of the 2019 protests. The other defendants included "Hong Kong's father of democracy" Martin Lee and veteran pro-democracy figures Albert Ho and Lee Cheuk-yan. They were charged with organizing and taking part in a peaceful protest on Hong Kong Island on August 18, 2019, which had been banned by police. On Thursday, judge Amanda Woodcock convicted the defendants, adding they will be sentenced at another date. Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan (C) speaks to the media outside West Kowloon Court in Hong Kong on April 1, 2021.

Source: CNN April 01, 2021 04:02 UTC