HONG KONG - The High Court on Wednesday denied the bail petition of activist Agnes Chow Ting pending an appeal against her 10-month jail sentence on charges related to an unauthorized assembly last year.

The 24-year old activist was jailed on Dec 2 along with Joshua Wong Chi-fung for their roles in an illegal rally near the police headquarters in Wan Chai in 2019.

Activist Agnes Chow was jailed on Dec 2 along with Joshua Wong Chi-fung for their roles in an illegal rally near the police headquarters in Wan Chai in 2019

Wong was sentenced to 13-and-a-half months in jail while a third defendant, Ivan Lam Long-yin, was imprisoned for seven months for one offense of incitement. 

On June 21, 2019, the trio incited more than 400 protesters gathering in Admiralty to march toward the police headquarters. 

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As many as 9,000 people surrounded the headquarters at one stage, causing 61 emergency calls from residents to go unanswered and six police officers were trapped in a police van for three hours. 

During the large-scale unlawful assembly that lasted 15 hours, Wong had actively taken the lead role and coordinated the protesters’ demands with Chow’s assistance.

Chow was also arrested in August under the new security legislation on suspicion of “colluding with foreign forces,” but is yet to face any charges.

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