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Hong Kong protester given 9-year term in 1st security case

by Janice LOKatie Tam
| July 31, 2021 12:06 AM

HONG KONG (AP) — A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first prosecution under Hong Kong’s national security law as the ruling Communist Party tightens control over the territory.

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