US EditionHong Kong Alliance Leaders Face Subversion Trial Over Tiananmen Vigils
Three former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance face up to 10 years for inciting subversion under the national security law in a trial marking the end of annual Tiananmen vigils.
- On Jan 22, 2026 the trial opened at West Kowloon Court, where Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho Chun-yan faced charges under the China-introduced national security law.
- The national security law adopted in June 2020 provides the legal basis, as prosecutors argue the Hong Kong Alliance's calls to "end one-party rule" incited subversion after vigils were banned and the group disbanded in 2021.
- Prosecutors will rely on company records, online material, speeches and videos from the now-defunct Tiananmen museum, with a no-jury trial before three government-vetted judges expected to last 75 days.
- Long pre-trial detention highlights immediate legal consequences as Albert Ho Chun-yan pleaded guilty, while Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan pleaded not guilty and remain detained since 2021.
- The trial deepens concerns about Hong Kong's civic space as rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch call the prosecutions a weaponisation of the law following Jimmy Lai's conviction last month, while dozens of civil society groups have closed since 2020.
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