Jail sentence 'wake-up call' for Hong Kong rioters


An indoor area in Hong Kong Polytechnic University is seen littered with metal barricades, bricks, furniture items and assorted trash in the morning of Nov 18, 2019. [PHOTO/CHINA DAILY]

HONG KONG, May 19 (China Daily/ANN) - Three young protesters involved in last year's social unrest — one who possessed five gasoline bombs, and two others who caused property damage of over HK$230,000 (US$29,700) — were sentenced to prison on Monday in two separate cases.

Law professor Willy Fu Kin-chi said the sentences are a wake-up call to those Hong Kong youngsters who intend to participate in illegal protests.

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