Key facts
- Four men were jailed for rioting at Hong Kong's Polytechnic University.
- The riots occurred in 2019 during anti-government protests.
- Sentences for the rioters range up to three years and one month.
- Film producer Raymond Wong Pak-ming was sentenced for insider trading.
- Wong shared insider information with his sister for stock trading in 2017.
- Raymond Wong received a five-month prison sentence.
- Wong was granted bail pending an appeal.
- Hong Kong's new legislation allows retroactive application of national security procedures.
- The new rules came into effect on Tuesday.
- The legislation covers alleged offenses that occurred before the 2020 national security law.
Four men have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in riots at Hong Kong's Polytechnic University in 2019. The sentences range up to three years and one month. The convictions stem from the anti-government protests that took place in 2019.
In a separate legal development, Hong Kong film producer Raymond Wong Pak-ming has been sentenced to five months in jail for sharing insider information with his sister for stock trading purposes in 2017. Wong was granted bail as he plans to appeal his conviction.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong's new legislation, which came into effect on Tuesday, introduces provisions that allow national security procedures to be applied retroactively. This means that cases involving alleged offenses that occurred before the enactment of the 2020 national security law can now be subject to these procedures.