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Hong Kong protests: four years’ jail for only person convicted of rioting during August 31, 2019, day of unrest
The first and only person to be convicted of rioting over violent clashes on a notorious date of the 2019 Hong Kong protests has been jailed for four years, after the judge dismissed his defence that he was attending the anti-government demonstration as a volunteer paramedic.Transport worker Chan Cho-ho, 25, was sentenced for his role in the outbreak of violence on the night of August 31, 2019, when an unauthorised rally from Wan Chai to Central descended into chaos that spread across Hong…