Hong Kong top court rejects actor Gregory Wong’s appeal over 2019 rioting conviction

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Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal dismissed actor Gregory Wong’s application for leave to appeal his conviction and six-year-and-two-month sentence for rioting during the 2019 storming of the Legislative Council. Wong, who was one of 12 defendants in the case, had argued that his presence in the legislative complex was to assist journalists, but the court…

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