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Hong Kong court sentences activist Joshua Wong to 10 years on national security charge

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HONG KONG, ‌Nov 5 (Reuters) - Activist ​Joshua Wong, 30, who became ⁠the international face of Hong Kong's democracy movement, was ​sentenced on Thursday to 10 ‌years in jail on a charge of collusion with foreign ⁠entities under the ⁠city's national security law.

Wong was accused of conspiring with self-exiled activist Nathan Law ‌and others in 2020 to ⁠request that foreign ‌countries, institutions, organisations or ​individuals outside China impose sanctions or blockades, or ‌engage in other ​hostile activities ⁠directed against the governments of ‌Hong Kong ⁠and China.

He pleaded guilty to the charge in September.

(Reporting ​by Greg ‌Torode; additional reporting by Clare ⁠Jim; Editing by ​Anne Marie Roantree and ​Jacqueline Wong)

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