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2 men jailed for up to 38 months over pro-independence group’s secession plot

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Hong Kong’s District Court has sentenced two men with autism to up to three years and two months in prison for their involvement in a pro-independence group seeking to separate the city from Chinese sovereignty. District Judge Ernest Lin Kam-hung on Thursday found that courier Chan Tai-sum, 27, and waiter Ng Chi-tung, 25, had been deeply involved in the Taiwan-based Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union between November 2024 and July 2025. He said the pair had jointly devised a “full plan” to...

First report: 2 men with autism jailed for 3 years over joining a Taiwan group that advocated independence for Hong Kong — hongkongfp.com, 5d