Three Hong Kong activists jailed up to 6 years for ‘terrorism’ bomb plot

Three Hong Kong activists were jailed for up to six years on Thursday after pleading guilty to charges relating to a plan to place bombs in court buildings and other public infrastructure in 2021 following widespread pro-democracy protests. Ho Yu-wang, 20, Kwok Man-hei, 21, and Cheung Ho-yeung, 23, were all charged with "conspiracy to commit terrorism" under the National Security Law. High Court Judge Alex Lee said he accepted that "the hostile social atmosphere" during Hong Kong's protracted pro-democracy protests could "easily cloud one person's moral judgment… (and) might turn people with previously good characters into radicals".