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The
26-year-old rose to prominence in 2014, when, as a bespectacled
teenager, he emerged as a leader of student-led democracy
protests in which roads in the heart of the financial centre
were blocked for 79 days.
In Monday's ruling, he was sentenced for breaching a court ban
on disclosing personal information about a police officer who
opened fire at a protest in 2019, according to the post.
Wong attended the hearing but did not speak, a witness in the
court said.
The court did not immediately publish a written judgement,
delivering only an oral sentencing on Monday. Wong's lawyer was
not immediately available for comment.
Wong galvanized international support for the former British
colony's pro-democracy movement, meeting politicians from the
United States, Europe and elsewhere, and drawing the wrath of
Beijing, which says he is a “black hand” of foreign forces.
Wong was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his role
in the 2014 protests, known as the Umbrella movement because of
the umbrellas protesters wielded to protect themselves from
water cannon and tear gas.
Wong is one of 47 pro-democracy figures who have been charged
with conspiracy to commit subversion, under a national security
law imposed by Beijing in 2020, for participating in an
unofficial primary election that year.
Western governments have criticized the law as a tool to crush
dissent but Chinese and Hong Kong authorities say it has brought
stability the semi-autonomous financial hub after months of
sometimes violent protests in 2019.
(Reporting by Farah Master and Jessie Pang; Editing by Robert
Birsel)
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