R to @hkdc_us: The sentences given to the 2 #ReturningValiant members today—5 years & 5 years, 3 months—are among the longest for #PoliticalPrisoners in #HongKong: so far… 37 have been sentenced to 5 years & more; 97 to btw 4 years & 4 years, 11 months. (Out of 1,364 political prisoners total) https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1623695154484748289#m

#NationalSecurityLaw sentences: 2 #ReturningValiant members jailed 5 years each for “conspiring to incite subversion.” Under NSL, tho they plead guilty, they didn’t get the standard 1/3 sentence reduction—ominous for the 31 of the #NSL47 who plead guilty. https://hongkongfp.com/2023/02/09/two-hong-kong-men-jailed-for-5-years-under-national-security-law-for-conspiracy-to-incite-subversion/ https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1623666157545787395#m

R to @XinqiSu: The other, and more serious case stemmed from the #ReturningValiant involves six students who are charged of "conspiracy to commit terrorist act", and the alternative charge of "conspiracy to cause explosion", which carries up to life sentence. Plea and sentence scheduled in May. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/XinqiSu/status/1623627372682674181#m

R to @XinqiSu: The police operation between May and Sep 2021 against #ReturningValiant was the second largest group arrest under #NSL by far, following the mass round-up of 55 pro-dem politicians on 6 Jan 2021 over the allegedly subversive pro-dem camp primary election (currently in trial). https://nitter.hongkongers.net/XinqiSu/status/1623624158553985024#m