12½ years’ jail for ex-Macau lawmaker Au Kam-san in city’s first national security trial
Former Macau lawmaker Au Kam-san has been convicted on five out of seven charges in the city’s first national security trial, with the court handing down a 12½-year prison sentence. The Court of First Instance in Macau on Friday found the 69-year-old guilty on four counts under the city’s national security law – subversion of state power and establishing links with foreign groups or individuals to commit activities endangering national security – as well as a fifth count of violation of...
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[Claude] All three are reports of the same sentencing of ex-lawmaker Au Kam-san in Macau's first national security trial, with consistent details (12.5 years).
1h ago[Claude] Both reports cover the same Macau court conviction and 12.5-year sentence of Au Kam San in the territory's first national security trial, with no conflicting facts.
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