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Japan voices ‘grave concerns’ about jailing of Hong Kong activists

Chief government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said that Japan has
Chief government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said that Japan has "grave concerns" about the jailing of three Hong Kong activists. (AFP)
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03 Dec 2020 12:12:48 GMT9
03 Dec 2020 12:12:48 GMT9

Japan has “grave concerns” about the jailing of three Hong Kong activists and has conveyed its worries to China over the situation, chief government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said on Thursday.

Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday sentenced prominent democracy activists Joshua Wong to more than 13 months in prison over an unlawful anti-government rally in 2019, the toughest sentence for an opposition figure this year.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 23, 2020 Pro-democracy activists (L-R) Agnes Chow, Ivan Lam and Joshua Wong arrive for their trial at West Kowloon Magistrates Court in Hong Kong, on unauthorised assembly charges in relation to protests in 2019. Joshua Wong and two fellow Hong Kong dissidents were sentence to jail on December 2, 2020 for protests in 2019. / AFP / Peter PARKS

They also jailed Wong’s colleagues Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam for 10 and seven months, respectively. Chow speaks fluent Japanese and is well-known in Japan.

“Japan increasingly has grave concerns about the recent Hong Kong situation such as sentences against three including Agnes Chow,” Kato told a regular news conference.

“We have conveyed our concerns to China about Hong Kong at various opportunities,” he said.

Reuters

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