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Calculated Shard: 60 (from laksa006)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa060.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-protesters-1.7101361\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-protesters-1.7101361\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/hong-kong-protesters-1.7101361","crawl_time":1774463035,"first_indexed_time":1706790950,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"ca,cbc!www,\/news\/world\/hong-kong-protesters-1.7101361 s443","src_root_hash":"16866748907616178860","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Hong Kong court convicts 4 people of rioting over storming of legislature in 2019 protests | CBC News","meta_descriptions":["A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"World\nA Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago.\nBreak-in part of anti-government protests sparked by now-withdrawn extradition bill\nListen to this article\nEstimated 4 minutes\nThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.\nActor Gregory Wong, one of the six defendants who pleaded not guilty to riot in a trial involving protesters who stormed the legislature during the pro-democracy protests in 2019, arrives at the court before verdict in Hong Kong, on Thursday.  (Louise Delmotte\/The Associated Press)\nA Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago.\nThe break-in on July 1, 2019 — the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China — was one of the most chaotic episodes of the massive protests sparked by a now-withdrawn extradition bill.\nHundreds of protesters swarmed into the legislature that night, defacing pictures and smashing furniture. Some spray-painted slogans in the chamber and painted over the territory's emblem on a wall before vacating the site as riot police cleared surrounding streets with tear gas and then moved inside.\nThe legislature eventually spent about 36 million Hong Kong dollars ($6.1 million Cdn) on repairing the damages, the court heard earlier.\nSix defendants, including actor Gregory Wong and two reporters, Wong Ka-ho and Ma Kai-chung, pleaded not guilty in 2023 to rioting.\nRiot police retake Hong Kong legislature after protesters storm, deface chamber\nChina condemns Hong Kong protesters for violence\nOn Thursday, judge Li Chi-ho found four of the six defendants, including Gregory Wong, guilty of rioting. Wong Ka-ho and Ma were acquitted of the rioting charge but were convicted for unlawful entry into the legislature.\nLi said in his written judgment that there was a directive to ask all people to leave. \"I can't see how the defence can distort the meaning of the word and exclude journalists from 'everyone,\"' he said.\nHong Kong demonstrators broke into Hong Kong's legislative building in July 2019 amid protests over a controversial extradition measure.  (Billy H.C. Kwok\/Getty Images)\nHe added it was a \"wrong idea\" for Wong Ka-ho to think that reporters can stay there to document the developments.\nDuring the trial, Gregory Wong said he was at the scene to deliver chargers to a reporter. But the judge challenged his arguments, saying he had hugged a protester before leaving the chamber as an expression of support.\n\"His intention of entering the legislature is obvious, it is to join this riot,\" he said.\nEarlier, the court heard that defendant Lam Kam-kwan, who was convicted of rioting and a separate charge of criminal damage Thursday, had been detained in mainland China in August 2019 and had been forced to write a repentance letter. Lam said some Hong Kong police officers later met him and told him that if he would not admit his wrongdoing, he then could not return to the city. The officers denied they had threatened Lam.\nLi said in his judgment the accusations against the police \"were all lies.\"\nA pro-democracy protester known as Granny Wong shouts slogans outside the court in Hong Kong on Thursday.  (Peter Parks\/AFP via Getty Images)\nEight others, including activists Ventus Lau, Owen Chow and former student leader Althea Suen, were also charged for rioting in the same case and previously entered a guilty plea.\nAll 14 defendants will have a chance to mitigate and ask for a more lenient sentence, which will be handed down in March.\nThousands arrested\nThe 2019 protests were sparked by a proposed extradition law that would have allowed Hong Kong criminal suspects to be sent to the mainland for trial. The government withdrew the bill, but the protesters widened their demands to include direct elections for the city's leaders and police accountability.\nThe social movement was the biggest challenge against the Hong Kong government since the city's handover in 1997 and triggered Beijing to impose a national security law in 2020 to quell it. Following the introduction of the security law, many of the city's leading activists were arrested, silenced or forced into self-exile.\nMore than 10,200 people were arrested in connection to the protests for various crimes, such as rioting and participating in an unauthorized assembly. ","attrs_markdown":"![](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/nojsimg.gif)\n\n[Content](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/hong-kong-protesters-1.7101361#content)\n\n[Skip to Main Content](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/hong-kong-protesters-1.7101361#content)[Accessibility Help](https:\/\/cbchelp.cbc.ca\/hc\/en-ca\/categories\/31606111569053-Accessibility)\n\n[Menu](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sitemap)\n\n[Search](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/search)\n\nSign In\n\n##### Quick Links\n- [News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news)\n- [Sports](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports)\n- [Radio](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio)\n- [Music](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/music)\n- [Listen Live](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio)\n- [TV](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/television)\n- [Watch](https:\/\/gem.cbc.ca\/)\n\n- [news](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news)\n- [Top Stories](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news)\n- [Local](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/local)\n- [Climate](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/climate)\n- [World](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world)\n- [Canada](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada)\n- [Politics](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics)\n- [Indigenous](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/indigenous)\n- [Business](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business)\n- [The National](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/thenational)\n- [Health](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/health)\n- [Entertainment](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/entertainment)\n- [Science](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science)\n- [CBC News Investigates](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/investigates)\n- [Disability Life](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/disabilitylife)\n- [Go Public](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/gopublic)\n- [About CBC News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/about-cbc-news-1.1294364)\n- [Being Black in Canada](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/beingblackincanada)\n- More\n  \n  - [Business](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business)\n  - [The National](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/thenational)\n  - [Health](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/health)\n  - [Entertainment](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/entertainment)\n  - [Science](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science)\n  - [CBC News Investigates](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/investigates)\n  - [Disability Life](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/disabilitylife)\n  - [Go Public](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/gopublic)\n  - [About CBC News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/about-cbc-news-1.1294364)\n  - [Being Black in Canada](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/beingblackincanada)\n\nHong Kong court convicts 4 people of rioting over storming of legislature in 2019 protests \\| CBC News Loaded\n\n[World](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world)\n\n# Hong Kong court convicts 4 people of rioting over storming of legislature in 2019 protests\nA Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago.\n\n## Break-in part of anti-government protests sparked by now-withdrawn extradition bill\nThe Associated Press  ·\n\nPosted: Feb 01, 2024 3:31 AM EST \\| Last Updated: February 1, 2024\n\n![Text to Speech Icon](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg)\n\nListen to this article\n\nEstimated 4 minutes\n\nThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.\n\n![A man in a green hooded jacket is seen walking, holding hands with a woman wearing sunglasses.](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.7101362,1706772472000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C206%2C4000%2C2250%29%3B)\n\nActor Gregory Wong, one of the six defendants who pleaded not guilty to riot in a trial involving protesters who stormed the legislature during the pro-democracy protests in 2019, arrives at the court before verdict in Hong Kong, on Thursday. (Louise Delmotte\/The Associated Press)\n\n## Social Sharing\n- X\n  \n  0\n- Email\n  \n  0\n- Reddit\n  \n  0\n- LinkedIn\n  \n  0\n\nA Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago.\n\nThe break-in on July 1, 2019 — the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China — was one of the most chaotic episodes of the massive protests sparked by a now-withdrawn extradition bill.\n\nHundreds of protesters swarmed into the legislature that night, defacing pictures and smashing furniture. Some spray-painted slogans in the chamber and painted over the territory's emblem on a wall before vacating the site as riot police cleared surrounding streets with tear gas and then moved inside.\n\nThe legislature eventually spent about 36 million Hong Kong dollars (\\$6.1 million Cdn) on repairing the damages, the court heard earlier.\n\nSix defendants, including actor Gregory Wong and two reporters, Wong Ka-ho and Ma Kai-chung, pleaded not guilty in 2023 to rioting.\n\n- [Riot police retake Hong Kong legislature after protesters storm, deface chamber](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/hong-kong-protests-handover-1.5196065)\n\n- [China condemns Hong Kong protesters for violence](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/china-hong-kong-protests-1.5196721)\n\nOn Thursday, judge Li Chi-ho found four of the six defendants, including Gregory Wong, guilty of rioting. Wong Ka-ho and Ma were acquitted of the rioting charge but were convicted for unlawful entry into the legislature.\n\nLi said in his written judgment that there was a directive to ask all people to leave. \"I can't see how the defence can distort the meaning of the word and exclude journalists from 'everyone,\"' he said.\n\n![People, some wearing hard hats, smash glass on a door.](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.5196729,1706772811000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C8256%2C5504%29%3B)\n\nHong Kong demonstrators broke into Hong Kong's legislative building in July 2019 amid protests over a controversial extradition measure. (Billy H.C. Kwok\/Getty Images)\n\nHe added it was a \"wrong idea\" for Wong Ka-ho to think that reporters can stay there to document the developments.\n\nDuring the trial, Gregory Wong said he was at the scene to deliver chargers to a reporter. But the judge challenged his arguments, saying he had hugged a protester before leaving the chamber as an expression of support.\n\n\"His intention of entering the legislature is obvious, it is to join this riot,\" he said.\n\nEarlier, the court heard that defendant Lam Kam-kwan, who was convicted of rioting and a separate charge of criminal damage Thursday, had been detained in mainland China in August 2019 and had been forced to write a repentance letter. Lam said some Hong Kong police officers later met him and told him that if he would not admit his wrongdoing, he then could not return to the city. The officers denied they had threatened Lam.\n\nLi said in his judgment the accusations against the police \"were all lies.\"\n\n![A woman with grey hair stands behind a steel barricade, holding a flag and raising her left arm. She is surrounded by police officers.](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.7101363,1706775318000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C594%2C395%29%3B)\n\nA pro-democracy protester known as Granny Wong shouts slogans outside the court in Hong Kong on Thursday. (Peter Parks\/AFP via Getty Images)\n\nEight others, including activists Ventus Lau, Owen Chow and former student leader Althea Suen, were also charged for rioting in the same case and previously entered a guilty plea.\n\nAll 14 defendants will have a chance to mitigate and ask for a more lenient sentence, which will be handed down in March.\n\n## Thousands arrested\nThe 2019 protests were sparked by a proposed extradition law that would have allowed Hong Kong criminal suspects to be sent to the mainland for trial. The government withdrew the bill, but the protesters widened their demands to include direct elections for the city's leaders and police accountability.\n\nThe social movement was the biggest challenge against the Hong Kong government since the city's handover in 1997 and triggered Beijing to impose a national security law in 2020 to quell it. Following the introduction of the security law, many of the city's leading activists were arrested, silenced or forced into self-exile.\n\nMore than 10,200 people were arrested in connection to the protests for various crimes, such as rioting and participating in an unauthorized assembly.\n\n[CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices](https:\/\/cbc.radio-canada.ca\/en\/vision\/governance\/journalistic-standards-and-practices)·[About CBC News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/about-cbc-news-1.1294364)\n\n[Corrections and clarifications](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564)·[Submit a news tip](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536)·\n\nReport error\n\n## Related Stories\n- [Riot police retake Hong Kong legislature after protesters storm, deface chamber](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/hong-kong-protests-handover-1.5196065)\n- [China condemns Hong Kong protesters for violence](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/china-hong-kong-protests-1.5196721)\n\n## Popular Now in News\n1. 1\n   \n   [Iran rejects U.S. ceasefire plan as missiles continue to fly across Middle East](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/u-s-trump-iran-negotiate-war-9.7141108)\n2. 2\n   \n   [UpdatedCarney 'very disappointed' in Air Canada CEO's English-only condolence video, says it lacked compassion](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/air-canada-ceo-english-message-9.7141321)\n3. 3\n   \n   [Canadian man wanted in connection with multimillion-dollar grandparent scam arrested in Nicaragua](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/ylimaki-grandparent-scam-arrest-9.7141691)\n4. 4\n   \n   [Kendra Duggar, wife of 19 Kids and Counting's Joseph Duggar, arrested](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/entertainment\/kendra-duggar-arrested-9.7138709)\n5. 5\n   \n   [RCMP probe corruption allegations at Calgary city hall; warrants executed on former mayor, councillors](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/rcmp-probe-corruption-allegations-at-calgary-city-hall-warrants-executed-on-former-mayor-councillors-9.7140099)\n\n## Trending Videos\n[![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/a0204f69-15f3-4d11-ab16-9d8a8c3da292,1774298510310\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3B) Video 0:20Video Video shows Air Canada plane crashing into fire truck on tarmac CBC News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.7139162)\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/b8049373-6dbf-4d99-a26d-b9cbeba0a381,1774309143351\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3B) Video 8:32Video The moment a plane smashed into a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport \\| About That About That](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.7139424)\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/d5704b38-2d52-425b-986a-21c2e67d0b24,1774275452966\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C151%2C2892%2C1626%29%3B) Video 0:47Video 2 pilots killed after Air Canada plane hits fire truck on runway](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.7138381)\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/0d3dc06b-50b3-4c20-b1f2-be5d5702f572,1774278097839\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C162%2C3107%2C1747%29%3B) Video 1:26Video 'Stop, stop, stop,' air traffic control tells truck in Air Canada crash](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.7138462)\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/935200cd-01d2-4eae-a9ed-f198ec7ededa,1774291762664\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1280%2C720%29%3B) Video 0:52Video Fact check: Fake video of Air Canada plane generated by Grok](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.7138926)\n\n## Discover More from CBC\n[![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/6d17e403-3bdd-48a0-9aa4-4a56fb68dae0,1774395815627\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3B) Video 4:00Video Investigators suggest series of errors before LaGuardia runway collision The National](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.7141074)\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.6281247,1639158617000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C267%2C5184%2C2916%29%3B)Want to keep your brain sharp? 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(Louise Delmotte\/The Associated Press)\n\nA Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago.\n\nThe break-in on July 1, 2019 — the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China — was one of the most chaotic episodes of the massive protests sparked by a now-withdrawn extradition bill.\n\nHundreds of protesters swarmed into the legislature that night, defacing pictures and smashing furniture. Some spray-painted slogans in the chamber and painted over the territory's emblem on a wall before vacating the site as riot police cleared surrounding streets with tear gas and then moved inside.\n\nThe legislature eventually spent about 36 million Hong Kong dollars (\\$6.1 million Cdn) on repairing the damages, the court heard earlier.\n\nSix defendants, including actor Gregory Wong and two reporters, Wong Ka-ho and Ma Kai-chung, pleaded not guilty in 2023 to rioting.\n\n- [Riot police retake Hong Kong legislature after protesters storm, deface chamber](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/hong-kong-protests-handover-1.5196065)\n\n- [China condemns Hong Kong protesters for violence](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/china-hong-kong-protests-1.5196721)\n\nOn Thursday, judge Li Chi-ho found four of the six defendants, including Gregory Wong, guilty of rioting. Wong Ka-ho and Ma were acquitted of the rioting charge but were convicted for unlawful entry into the legislature.\n\nLi said in his written judgment that there was a directive to ask all people to leave. \"I can't see how the defence can distort the meaning of the word and exclude journalists from 'everyone,\"' he said.\n\n![People, some wearing hard hats, smash glass on a door.](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.5196729,1706772811000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C8256%2C5504%29%3B)\n\nHong Kong demonstrators broke into Hong Kong's legislative building in July 2019 amid protests over a controversial extradition measure. (Billy H.C. Kwok\/Getty Images)\n\nHe added it was a \"wrong idea\" for Wong Ka-ho to think that reporters can stay there to document the developments.\n\nDuring the trial, Gregory Wong said he was at the scene to deliver chargers to a reporter. But the judge challenged his arguments, saying he had hugged a protester before leaving the chamber as an expression of support.\n\n\"His intention of entering the legislature is obvious, it is to join this riot,\" he said.\n\nEarlier, the court heard that defendant Lam Kam-kwan, who was convicted of rioting and a separate charge of criminal damage Thursday, had been detained in mainland China in August 2019 and had been forced to write a repentance letter. Lam said some Hong Kong police officers later met him and told him that if he would not admit his wrongdoing, he then could not return to the city. The officers denied they had threatened Lam.\n\nLi said in his judgment the accusations against the police \"were all lies.\"\n\n![A woman with grey hair stands behind a steel barricade, holding a flag and raising her left arm. 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Boilerpipe Text	World A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago. Break-in part of anti-government protests sparked by now-withdrawn extradition bill Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Actor Gregory Wong, one of the six defendants who pleaded not guilty to riot in a trial involving protesters who stormed the legislature during the pro-democracy protests in 2019, arrives at the court before verdict in Hong Kong, on Thursday. (Louise Delmotte/The Associated Press) A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago. The break-in on July 1, 2019 — the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China — was one of the most chaotic episodes of the massive protests sparked by a now-withdrawn extradition bill. Hundreds of protesters swarmed into the legislature that night, defacing pictures and smashing furniture. Some spray-painted slogans in the chamber and painted over the territory's emblem on a wall before vacating the site as riot police cleared surrounding streets with tear gas and then moved inside. The legislature eventually spent about 36 million Hong Kong dollars ($6.1 million Cdn) on repairing the damages, the court heard earlier. Six defendants, including actor Gregory Wong and two reporters, Wong Ka-ho and Ma Kai-chung, pleaded not guilty in 2023 to rioting. Riot police retake Hong Kong legislature after protesters storm, deface chamber China condemns Hong Kong protesters for violence On Thursday, judge Li Chi-ho found four of the six defendants, including Gregory Wong, guilty of rioting. Wong Ka-ho and Ma were acquitted of the rioting charge but were convicted for unlawful entry into the legislature. Li said in his written judgment that there was a directive to ask all people to leave. "I can't see how the defence can distort the meaning of the word and exclude journalists from 'everyone,"' he said. Hong Kong demonstrators broke into Hong Kong's legislative building in July 2019 amid protests over a controversial extradition measure. (Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images) He added it was a "wrong idea" for Wong Ka-ho to think that reporters can stay there to document the developments. During the trial, Gregory Wong said he was at the scene to deliver chargers to a reporter. But the judge challenged his arguments, saying he had hugged a protester before leaving the chamber as an expression of support. "His intention of entering the legislature is obvious, it is to join this riot," he said. Earlier, the court heard that defendant Lam Kam-kwan, who was convicted of rioting and a separate charge of criminal damage Thursday, had been detained in mainland China in August 2019 and had been forced to write a repentance letter. Lam said some Hong Kong police officers later met him and told him that if he would not admit his wrongdoing, he then could not return to the city. The officers denied they had threatened Lam. Li said in his judgment the accusations against the police "were all lies." A pro-democracy protester known as Granny Wong shouts slogans outside the court in Hong Kong on Thursday. (Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images) Eight others, including activists Ventus Lau, Owen Chow and former student leader Althea Suen, were also charged for rioting in the same case and previously entered a guilty plea. All 14 defendants will have a chance to mitigate and ask for a more lenient sentence, which will be handed down in March. Thousands arrested The 2019 protests were sparked by a proposed extradition law that would have allowed Hong Kong criminal suspects to be sent to the mainland for trial. The government withdrew the bill, but the protesters widened their demands to include direct elections for the city's leaders and police accountability. The social movement was the biggest challenge against the Hong Kong government since the city's handover in 1997 and triggered Beijing to impose a national security law in 2020 to quell it. Following the introduction of the security law, many of the city's leading activists were arrested, silenced or forced into self-exile. More than 10,200 people were arrested in connection to the protests for various crimes, such as rioting and participating in an unauthorized assembly.
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Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. ![A man in a green hooded jacket is seen walking, holding hands with a woman wearing sunglasses.](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7101362,1706772472000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C206%2C4000%2C2250%29%3B) Actor Gregory Wong, one of the six defendants who pleaded not guilty to riot in a trial involving protesters who stormed the legislature during the pro-democracy protests in 2019, arrives at the court before verdict in Hong Kong, on Thursday. (Louise Delmotte/The Associated Press) ## Social Sharing - X 0 - Email 0 - Reddit 0 - LinkedIn 0 A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago. The break-in on July 1, 2019 — the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China — was one of the most chaotic episodes of the massive protests sparked by a now-withdrawn extradition bill. Hundreds of protesters swarmed into the legislature that night, defacing pictures and smashing furniture. Some spray-painted slogans in the chamber and painted over the territory's emblem on a wall before vacating the site as riot police cleared surrounding streets with tear gas and then moved inside. The legislature eventually spent about 36 million Hong Kong dollars (\$6.1 million Cdn) on repairing the damages, the court heard earlier. Six defendants, including actor Gregory Wong and two reporters, Wong Ka-ho and Ma Kai-chung, pleaded not guilty in 2023 to rioting. - [Riot police retake Hong Kong legislature after protesters storm, deface chamber](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-protests-handover-1.5196065) - [China condemns Hong Kong protesters for violence](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-hong-kong-protests-1.5196721) On Thursday, judge Li Chi-ho found four of the six defendants, including Gregory Wong, guilty of rioting. Wong Ka-ho and Ma were acquitted of the rioting charge but were convicted for unlawful entry into the legislature. Li said in his written judgment that there was a directive to ask all people to leave. "I can't see how the defence can distort the meaning of the word and exclude journalists from 'everyone,"' he said. ![People, some wearing hard hats, smash glass on a door.](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5196729,1706772811000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C8256%2C5504%29%3B) Hong Kong demonstrators broke into Hong Kong's legislative building in July 2019 amid protests over a controversial extradition measure. (Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images) He added it was a "wrong idea" for Wong Ka-ho to think that reporters can stay there to document the developments. During the trial, Gregory Wong said he was at the scene to deliver chargers to a reporter. But the judge challenged his arguments, saying he had hugged a protester before leaving the chamber as an expression of support. "His intention of entering the legislature is obvious, it is to join this riot," he said. Earlier, the court heard that defendant Lam Kam-kwan, who was convicted of rioting and a separate charge of criminal damage Thursday, had been detained in mainland China in August 2019 and had been forced to write a repentance letter. Lam said some Hong Kong police officers later met him and told him that if he would not admit his wrongdoing, he then could not return to the city. The officers denied they had threatened Lam. Li said in his judgment the accusations against the police "were all lies." ![A woman with grey hair stands behind a steel barricade, holding a flag and raising her left arm. She is surrounded by police officers.](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7101363,1706775318000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C594%2C395%29%3B) A pro-democracy protester known as Granny Wong shouts slogans outside the court in Hong Kong on Thursday. (Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images) Eight others, including activists Ventus Lau, Owen Chow and former student leader Althea Suen, were also charged for rioting in the same case and previously entered a guilty plea. All 14 defendants will have a chance to mitigate and ask for a more lenient sentence, which will be handed down in March. ## Thousands arrested The 2019 protests were sparked by a proposed extradition law that would have allowed Hong Kong criminal suspects to be sent to the mainland for trial. The government withdrew the bill, but the protesters widened their demands to include direct elections for the city's leaders and police accountability. The social movement was the biggest challenge against the Hong Kong government since the city's handover in 1997 and triggered Beijing to impose a national security law in 2020 to quell it. Following the introduction of the security law, many of the city's leading activists were arrested, silenced or forced into self-exile. More than 10,200 people were arrested in connection to the protests for various crimes, such as rioting and participating in an unauthorized assembly. 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Readable Markdown	[World](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world) A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago. ## Break-in part of anti-government protests sparked by now-withdrawn extradition bill ![Text to Speech Icon](https://www.cbc.ca/a/assets/texttospeech.svg) Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. ![A man in a green hooded jacket is seen walking, holding hands with a woman wearing sunglasses.](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7101362,1706772472000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C206%2C4000%2C2250%29%3B) Actor Gregory Wong, one of the six defendants who pleaded not guilty to riot in a trial involving protesters who stormed the legislature during the pro-democracy protests in 2019, arrives at the court before verdict in Hong Kong, on Thursday. (Louise Delmotte/The Associated Press) A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city's legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago. The break-in on July 1, 2019 — the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China — was one of the most chaotic episodes of the massive protests sparked by a now-withdrawn extradition bill. Hundreds of protesters swarmed into the legislature that night, defacing pictures and smashing furniture. Some spray-painted slogans in the chamber and painted over the territory's emblem on a wall before vacating the site as riot police cleared surrounding streets with tear gas and then moved inside. The legislature eventually spent about 36 million Hong Kong dollars (\$6.1 million Cdn) on repairing the damages, the court heard earlier. Six defendants, including actor Gregory Wong and two reporters, Wong Ka-ho and Ma Kai-chung, pleaded not guilty in 2023 to rioting. - [Riot police retake Hong Kong legislature after protesters storm, deface chamber](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-protests-handover-1.5196065) - [China condemns Hong Kong protesters for violence](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-hong-kong-protests-1.5196721) On Thursday, judge Li Chi-ho found four of the six defendants, including Gregory Wong, guilty of rioting. Wong Ka-ho and Ma were acquitted of the rioting charge but were convicted for unlawful entry into the legislature. Li said in his written judgment that there was a directive to ask all people to leave. "I can't see how the defence can distort the meaning of the word and exclude journalists from 'everyone,"' he said. ![People, some wearing hard hats, smash glass on a door.](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5196729,1706772811000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C8256%2C5504%29%3B) Hong Kong demonstrators broke into Hong Kong's legislative building in July 2019 amid protests over a controversial extradition measure. (Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images) He added it was a "wrong idea" for Wong Ka-ho to think that reporters can stay there to document the developments. During the trial, Gregory Wong said he was at the scene to deliver chargers to a reporter. But the judge challenged his arguments, saying he had hugged a protester before leaving the chamber as an expression of support. "His intention of entering the legislature is obvious, it is to join this riot," he said. Earlier, the court heard that defendant Lam Kam-kwan, who was convicted of rioting and a separate charge of criminal damage Thursday, had been detained in mainland China in August 2019 and had been forced to write a repentance letter. Lam said some Hong Kong police officers later met him and told him that if he would not admit his wrongdoing, he then could not return to the city. The officers denied they had threatened Lam. Li said in his judgment the accusations against the police "were all lies." ![A woman with grey hair stands behind a steel barricade, holding a flag and raising her left arm. She is surrounded by police officers.](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7101363,1706775318000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C594%2C395%29%3B) A pro-democracy protester known as Granny Wong shouts slogans outside the court in Hong Kong on Thursday. (Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images) Eight others, including activists Ventus Lau, Owen Chow and former student leader Althea Suen, were also charged for rioting in the same case and previously entered a guilty plea. All 14 defendants will have a chance to mitigate and ask for a more lenient sentence, which will be handed down in March. ## Thousands arrested The 2019 protests were sparked by a proposed extradition law that would have allowed Hong Kong criminal suspects to be sent to the mainland for trial. The government withdrew the bill, but the protesters widened their demands to include direct elections for the city's leaders and police accountability. The social movement was the biggest challenge against the Hong Kong government since the city's handover in 1997 and triggered Beijing to impose a national security law in 2020 to quell it. Following the introduction of the security law, many of the city's leading activists were arrested, silenced or forced into self-exile. More than 10,200 people were arrested in connection to the protests for various crimes, such as rioting and participating in an unauthorized assembly.
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