Nine leaders of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central protests are waiting to be sentenced after being found guilty for their roles in organizing the massive pro-democracy “Umbrella Movement” in 2014.
Days before their conviction, the three leaders at the center of the movement – Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man and the Reverend Chu Yiu-ming – returned to the same red-brick building where they had launched their civil disobedience campaign.
At Kowloon Union Church on Saturday, they went to seek solace not just in their faith but also in their supporters, in an emotional gathering of prayers, tears and aching acceptance that the journey was coming to an end for now.
Six years earlier, they had urged Hongkongers
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Apr 10, 2019