Student activist Joshua Wong talks to members of the media before reporting to the Wanchai Police Station in Hong Kong Thursday. -EPA
HONG KONG: Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong slammed police Thursday for what he called a “political prosecution” after he was charged over protests which led to last year’s mass pro-democracy street rallies.
Wong, 18, who became the face of the democracy movement, is already due in court Friday for separate charges of obstructing police at an earlier demonstration.
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