Hong Kong court convicts four for rioting after 2019 legislature storming

A Hong Kong court on Thursday found four people guilty of rioting after the legislature of the financial centre was stormed during pro-democracy protests in 2019.
The verdict comes after eight others had already plead guilty to charges over the incident when hundreds of protesters besieged Hong Kong’s Legislative Council building on July 1, 2019.
The incursion into the seat of government for the Chinese Special Administrative Region followed a protest march against a proposed extradition bill that would have allowed authorities to send individuals to mainland China for trial.
District Court Judge Li Chi-ho found four people including Ho Chun-yin, actor Gregory Wong, Ng Chi-yung and Lam Kam-kwan guilty of rioting. Ho, who suffers from mild intellectual disability, cried inside the courtroom after the verdict was read.
Lam was also convicted of criminal damage, while reporters Wong Ka-ho and Ma Kai-chung were acquitted of rioting but found guilty of “entering or staying in the precincts of the chamber”.