Former University of Hong Kong student leader Billy Fung poses outisde a court in Hong Kong, China September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The former leader of the Hong Kong University student union on Thursday received a court sentence of community service for his role in a campus protest, escaping the fate of a growing list of young activists put behind bars.
The activists, many still university students, have been at the forefront of the former British colony's fight for democracy which peaked during the months-long "Umbrella Movement" street occupations in late 2014.
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