Four of the nine key figures of Hong Kong’s Occupy movement were jailed on April 24, 2019, for their roles in the 79-day pro-democracy protest in 2014.
Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man face the longest sentences of 16 months behind bars.
Legislator Shiu Ka-chun and League of Social Democrats vice-chairman Raphael Wong each received eight-month sentences.
Former student leader Tommy Cheung was sentenced to 200 hours of community service.
Sentencing of legislator Tanya Chan was postponed until June 10, because she will undergo brain surgery imminently.
Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, former student leader Chung Yiu-wa and former lawmaker Lee Wing-tat received suspended sentences.
The nine were behind the largest civil disobedience movement in Hong Kong’s history that shut down substantial parts of the city’s business district, also known as the “umbrella movement”, which protesters hoped could drive political change in the city.
