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Veteran Hong Kong activist jailed for unlawful assembly

FILE PHOTO: A pro-democracy supporter also known as "Grandma Wong" holds an umbrella as participants run past Causeway Bay district while competing in the Hong Kong Marathon, in Hong Kong, China, October 24, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik/File Photo

A Hong Kong court sentenced a 66-year-old activist known as "Grandma Wong" to eight months' imprisonment on Wednesday, in the second jailing of a veteran Hong Kong democracy campaigner in as many days.

Alexandra Wong Fung-yiu had been charged with two counts of unlawful assembly from 2019, when millions had taken part in months of protracted pro-democracy protests against a perceived tightening of Chinese Communist Party control over the city.

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