Jimmy Lai, 9 HK activists plead guilty

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and nine other activists pleaded guilty on Monday to organizing an unauthorized assembly on Oct 1, 2019.

The 10 defendants include former lawmakers of the special administrative region and veteran activists Albert Ho Chun-yan, Lee Cheuk-yan, Leung Kwok-hung and convener of the Civil Human Rights Front－an organization that initiated major protests during the city's 2019 social unrest－Figo Chan Ho-wun.

The unauthorized assembly on China's National Day two years ago descended into violence between radical anti-government protesters and police. Some rioters threw gasoline bombs and sprayed corrosive liquid at the police and set fires on the streets.