BEIJING: China on Friday sentenced an activist who supported pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong to four and a half years in jail, his lawyer told AFP as President Xi Jinping oversees a wide-ranging crackdown on civil society and free expression.
Wang Mo was convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” by the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, his lawyer Chen Keyun said.
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