At 10 a.m. on September 11, Hong Kong's West Kowloon Magistrates' Court sentenced the disbanded anti-Chinese conflict organization “Branch Association” and its leaders Lee Cheuk-yan, Ho Chun-yan, and Zou Hing-tung. The “branch association” was fined HK$1.5 million, which must be paid within three months. Furthermore, the first defendant, Lee Cheuk-yan, was sentenced to 7 years in prison, the second defendant, Ho Chun-yan, was sentenced to 5 years and 2 months in prison, and the third defendant, Zou Xingtong, was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in prison. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lee Ka-chiu, said that this case shows that anyone who incites subversion of national power and endangers national security will eventually be punished according to law and will never be tolerated. The law never allows anyone to steal from one another in the name of human rights, democracy, and freedom to blatantly harm their country and fellow citizens. As the court stated in the reasons for its ruling, the relevant crime of the defendant in this case went beyond the scope of the lawful exercise of freedom of expression and was an act of inciting others to subvert national power by unlawful means. Today's sentence shows that the court determined that the crime committed by the defendant was very serious and must be severely punished to show the rule of law.

At 10 a.m. on September 11, Hong Kong's West Kowloon Magistrates' Court sentenced the disbanded anti-Chinese conflict organization “Branch Association” and its leaders Lee Cheuk-yan, Ho Chun-yan, and Zou Hing-tung. The “branch association” was fined HK$1.5 million, which must be paid within three months. Furthermore, the first defendant, Lee Cheuk-yan, was sentenced to 7 years in prison, the second defendant, Ho Chun-yan, was sentenced to 5 years and 2 months in prison, and the third defendant, Zou Xingtong, was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in prison. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lee Ka-chiu, said that this case shows that anyone who incites subversion of national power and endangers national security will eventually be punished according to law and will never be tolerated. The law never allows anyone to steal from one another in the name of human rights, democracy, and freedom to blatantly harm their country and fellow citizens. As the court stated in the reasons for its ruling, the relevant crime of the defendant in this case went beyond the scope of the lawful exercise of freedom of expression and was an act of inciting others to subvert national power by unlawful means. Today's sentence shows that the court determined that the crime committed by the defendant was very serious and must be severely punished to show the rule of law.