This file picture taken on July 24, 2020 shows Elaine To, 41, and Henry Tong, 39, celebrating outside the District Court in Hong Kong after the couple were found not guilty of rioting during the widespread pro-democracy protests in 2019. - AFP
Hong Kong, July 28 (AFP): Henry Tong and Elaine To were preparing to spend their first wedding anniversary in separate prison cells -- until their acquittal for rioting during Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests.
There were gasps and tears of relief in court last Friday as a judge declared prosecutors had failed to prove the couple took part in clashes with police last July.
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