HONG KONG—Five Hong Kong teenagers were ordered by a judge on Saturday to serve up to three years in detention at a correctional facility, for urging an “armed revolution” in a national security case.
The five, some of whom were minors aged between 15 and 18 at the time of the alleged offense, had pleaded guilty to “inciting others to subvert state power” through a group named “Returning Valiant.”
Sentences for two more, aged 21 and 26, will be delivered at a later date.
Justice Kwok Wai-kin said the defendants had advocated a “revolution” to overthrow Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule at street booths, on Instagram, and on Facebook after the adoption of a sweeping, CCP-imposed national security law….