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Four admit rioting at 2019 Hong Kong university siege

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Four young men have pleaded guilty to rioting charges stemming from the 2019 siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The defense lawyer for one defendant stated that his client developed PTSD after being tortured in a notorious scam compound in Myanmar, known as "KK Park." This individual was among the over 1,300 protesters arrested during the unrest, with the four defendants being formally charged in June of the previous year. AI

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Four admit rioting at 2019 Hong Kong university siege

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fiona Chow ·

    4 plead guilty to rioting during 2019 PolyU siege in Hong Kong

    Four young men have pleaded guilty to rioting during the police siege of a university at the height of the 2019 anti-government protests in Hong Kong, with a defence lawyer saying in mitigation that one of them later developed post-traumatic stress disorder after being tortured i…

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