Hong Kong protests: veteran activist ‘Grandma Wong’ jailed for 32 weeks for role in 2 unauthorised assemblies
- Activist Alexandra Wong, famously known for carrying a British Union flag during protests, sentenced at Eastern Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty
- Court hears Wong took part in unlawful assembly near Quarry Bay MTR station and another on Kornhill Road during night of August 11, 2019
A veteran Hong Kong activist popularly known by her Cantonese nickname “Wong Po Po” or “Grandma Wong” has been jailed for 32 weeks for her role in two unauthorised assemblies at the height of the 2019 social unrest.
Alexandra Wong Fung-yiu, 66, was sentenced at the Eastern Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of taking part in an unlawful assembly.
She was arrested and released on bail in January this year after she was accused of taking part in two unlawful assemblies on the night of August 11, 2019.
The prosecutor said Wong joined more than 100 people who gathered near Exit A of the Quarry Bay MTR station on that night in a flash-mob protest and dismantled railings in the facility.
The court heard that the activist was seen wearing a black T-shirt, waving a British Union flag, and chanting slogans such as “Shame on the police’s collusion with the gangsters, shame on their betrayal of Hongkongers”.
Later during the night, the activist was also witnessed waving the flag as the flash mob sought to occupy a section of Kornhill Road near Exit C of the Tai Koo MTR station.