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Hong Kong retrial convicts social worker over role in 2019 protests

Social worker Jackie Chen outside the District Court in Hong Kong [Photo by Holmes Chan/AFP]

A Hong Kong court has convicted a social worker on charges of rioting over her attendance at 2019 antigovernment protests.

The verdict, announced on Tuesday, found Jackie Chen guilty despite a different court having acquitted her in 2020. The case went to retrial after an appeal from Hong Kong’s Secretary for Justice, underscoring a continued crackdown on political cases in the Chinese territory.

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