A Hong Kong scientist who tried to get medical attention for a protester shot by police during the civil unrest in 2019 has been jailed for a year for taking part in an unlawful assembly.
Dr Yau Wang-tat, who obtained a PhD in applied physics at Polytechnic University earlier this year, was sentenced at the District Court on Friday, one month after admitting the charge arising from the clashes in Tsuen Wan on October 1, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
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