A man charged with sedition under HK's Article 23 has had his case adjourned to May, as a top court verdict that the defense says could inform how his client pleads has not been delivered.

A Hong Kong judge sentenced a former pro-democracy lawmaker to three years and one month in prison on a charge of riot after an incident in which he was beaten up at a subway station during the city’s anti-government protests in 2019.

A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced veteran democrat Lam Cheuk-ting and six other men to jail terms of several years for rioting after being attacked by a white-shirted mob in the summer of 2019 as pro-democracy protests raged.

A court in Hong Kong on Thursday (February 27) handed down prison terms of up to some three years to a former pro-democracy lawmaker and six other men for rioting, after they were attacked by a mob in the summer of 2019 when mass protests were raging.

Former opposition lawmaker jailed for three years and one month, receiving heaviest punishment among seven defendants on trial for 2019 riot.