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Image: Vehicles believed to be carrying former pro-democracy lawmaker Gary Fan, who was released after four years for his conviction under the national security law, leaves the Shek Pik Prison in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
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SHANGHAI — Four former Hong Kong lawmakers have been freed after serving prison terms meted out as part of the biggest national security case since Beijing imposed a law on the territory that critics say has been used to squelch dissent.
Claudia Mo, Gary Fan, Jeremy Tam and Kwok Ka-ki each served four years and two months on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under national security legislation that has radically changed Hong Kong’s political landscape.
Their release was reported by Radio Television Hong Kong, the city’s public broadcasting service, and other news outlets.
The four were part of a group known as the “Hong Kong 47,” and were rounded up for taking part in an unofficial primary poll in 2020 that drew more than 600,000 people, despite warnings from the authorities.
Hong Kong’s once-vibrant pro-democracy political camp organized the poll hoping it would be a springboard for success in legislative elections later that year, and potentially lead to more say in policymaking.
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