FILE PHOTO - Former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten attends an interview in Hong Kong, China November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Chris Patten, the last governor of former British colony Hong Kong, has criticised the jailing of three leaders of the Chinese-ruled city's pro-democracy movement saying the men should be a source of pride.
Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Alex Chow and other Umbrella Movement protesters were sentenced to six to eight months in prison on Thursday for unlawful assembly, a blow to the youth-led push for universal suffrage.
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