HONG KONG - Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and 23 others appeared in court on Friday for the charge of participating in an illegal assembly last June.

The 24 suspects, including Lee Cheuk-yan, Albert Ho Chun-Yan and Joshua Wong Chi-fung, were charged with involving in an illegal assembly at Victoria Park of Hong Kong last year, the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts heard on Friday.

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Wong and four other people intended to plead guilty to one count of knowingly participating in an unauthorized assembly. Their case was adjourned to April 30. As for Lai and the others, their case was adjourned to June 11.

Apart from the 24 suspects, Nathan Law Kwun-chung and Sunny Cheung Kwan-yang, who has absconded, were also involved in the cases. The court has issued arrest warrants to them. 

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