A Macau court on Friday convicted former lawmaker Au Kam-san on five of seven charges in the city's first national security trial and sentenced him to 12½ years in prison, according to a report published on November 6, 2026. The Court of First Instance found the 69-year-old guilty on four counts under Macau's national security law and on a fifth count.
Au Kam-san receives a 12½-year prison term in Macau's first national security trial, a case that sets how the city's national security law is applied to a former legislator.
A Macau court convicted former lawmaker Au Kam-san on five of seven charges in the city's first national security trial and sentenced him to 12½ years in prison, according to a report published on November 6, 2026.
The Court of First Instance in Macau on Friday found the 69-year-old guilty on four counts under the city's national security law, the report said. Those counts covered subversion of state power and establishing links with foreign groups or individuals to commit activities endangering national security. He was also convicted on a fifth count, which the report did not fully describe.
The report did not name the two charges on which he was acquitted, the sentence attached to each count, or any statement from Au Kam-san or his representatives.
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