A Chinese court has handed down prison sentences to 10 Hongkongers who were arrested at sea by Chinese coastal guards in August before they could successfully flee to Taiwan. On Dec. 30, the Yantian District People’s Court in southern China’s Shenzhen city sentenced Tang Kai-yin and Quinn Moon to three years and two years respectively for “organizing others to illegally cross the border.” Tang was also fined $20,000 yuan (about $3,060) and Quinn was fined $15,000 yuan (about $2,300). Eight others, who were found guilty of “illegally crossing the border,” were each handed seven-month imprisonments and fined $10,000 (about $1,530). The 10 were among 12 Hongkongers who set sail on a boat from Hong Kong on Aug. 23, allegedly trying to claim political asylum in the self-ruled island of Taiwan. Since the pro-democracy movement escalated in June last year in response to the Chinese Communist Party’s attempt to impose various …