A jailed Hong Kong activist was sentenced to another four months in jail on April 13 for participating in an unauthorized anti-extradition law assembly in 2019, while also breaching the “Prohibition On Face Covering Regulation.” The total sentence of Joshua Wong, a 24-year-old pro-democracy leader, has been extended to 17 and a half months. Masks, an unofficial symbol of the anti-extradition movement that flared up in early June 2019, were used to protect the identities of protesting Hongkongers against political retaliation and ostracism. But four months later, a controversial anti-mask law was put in place by Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, which would result in protesters being found guilty of covering up their face in an unlawful assembly or public gathering of more than 50 people. It came after the chief executive invoked the emergency ordinance for the first time in more than 50 years, which empowers her to implement …