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Hong Kong’s Cardinal Zen found guilty over protester support fund

The group spoke to the media after being found guilty and fined over their failure to register the support fund [Tyrone Siu/Reuters]

Cardinal Joseph Zen and five other Hong Kong activists have been found guilty of failing to register a multimillion-dollar support fund they established to help people arrested in 2019’s pro-democracy protests get legal support.

A court on Friday fined five of the group 4,000 Hong Kong dollars ($512) for failing to properly register the fund as a society, while a sixth was fined a smaller amount.

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