A man with a physics doctorate who tried to call for medical attention for a Hong Kong protester shot by police during the civil unrest in 2019 has admitted taking part in an unlawful assembly.
Yau Wang-tat, who obtained a PhD in applied physics at Polytechnic University earlier this year, pleaded guilty at the District Court on Thursday to a charge which, according to his lawyers, could dash his hopes of becoming a prominent physicist in the city.
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