Joshua Wong jailed for 13.5 months

Former Demosisto activists Joshua Wong Chi-fung, Agnes Chow Ting and Ivan Lam Long-yin have been sentenced to 13.5 months, 10 months and seven months in jail respectively over charges of inciting people to besiege the police headquarters in Wan Chai in June last year.

They previously pleaded guilty in West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts to inciting people to besiege the police headquarters in Wan Chai in June last year, their jail terms were reduced in light of their guilty pleas.

Wong, 24, Chow, 23, and Lam, 26, admitted to inciting people on Harcourt Road to join an unauthorized assembly on June 21, 2019. That offense carries a maximum penalty of three years' imprisonment.

Wong also pleaded guilty to organizing the unauthorized assembly but not guilty to knowingly taking part in an unauthorized assembly as the prosecution did not intend to offer evidence on that charge, which was effectively dropped.

They are sentenced by magistrate Lily Wong Sze-lai today.