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Thursday, August 06, 2020, 22:57
HK illegal assembly: 'Opposition figures' among 24 charged
By Gang Wen
Thursday, August 06, 2020, 22:57 By Gang Wen

Hong Kong police on Thursday charged 19 men and five women with participating in an unauthorized assembly at Victoria Park on June 4. 

The assembly was banned under the city's pandemic-induced social distancing rules

The assembly was banned under the city's pandemic-induced social distancing rules.

Among those charged were activists Joshua Wong Chi-fung, Leung Kwok-hung, Lee Cheuk-yan, and lawmakers Eddie Chu Hoi-dick and Wu Chi-wai, according to local media reports.

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