Joshua Wong Gets 10-Year Hong Kong Security Sentence for Foreign Collusion

3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Nov 5

Hong Kong’s High Court sentenced Joshua Wong to 10 years in prison after his guilty plea to “foreign collusion,” his second conviction under the city’s national security law.
Judge William Tam said Wong worked with exiled activist Nathan Law to press foreign governments for sanctions against China, calling the conduct a grave scheme that continued after the law took effect in 2020.
The 10-year term will run concurrently with the remainder of Wong’s existing 4-year-8-month sentence for subversion over an unofficial primary election; he had been due for release in January 2027 after nearly six years in detention.
Nathan Law and Amnesty International condemned the ruling as punishment for peaceful advocacy, while dozens of supporters and international diplomats attended the hearing under heavy police presence.
Wong, 30, became the face of Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella protests and is now the only activist prosecuted twice under a law critics say has been used to crush opposition, civil society and independent media.