00:00Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong is scheduled to be sentenced in September after the former student leader was arrested
00:10in June 2025 on suspicion of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces.
00:16This is the second time Wong is being charged under the national security law, introduced in Hong Kong by the
00:23central government in Beijing in 2020 following massive anti-government protests.
00:28Wong is accused of conspiring with fellow activist Nathan Law and others to ask foreign influences to impose sanctions, blockades
00:36or engage in other hostile actions against Hong Kong or China.
00:41The offence is punishable by a term of three years to life imprisonment.
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