Hong Kong actor Gregory Wong did not take part in ‘extreme violence’ in 2019 legislature storming, court hears
Hong Kong actor Gregory Wong, who was convicted of rioting inside the city’s legislature in 2019, did not take part in “extreme violence,” his lawyer has said during a mitigation hearing. District Judge Li Chi-ho on Wednesday heard mitigation pleas from Wong and others found guilty earlier this month of rioting inside the Legislative Council building on the anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China during the 2019 extradition bill protests. The key date in Hong Kong’s months-long protests saw protesters storming the government building in Admiralty by breaking glass windows and doors and sc...