Hong Kong hits back at Western ‘slander’ over verdict on Tiananmen vigil leaders

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Hong Kong authorities have hit out at “baseless slander and smearing” by Western countries over the convictions of the now-disbanded alliance behind the annual Tiananmen Square vigil and its former leaders for inciting subversion, stressing the High Court’s “well-reasoned and sound” verdict. In a strongly worded statement on Saturday, a spokesman for the city’s government said the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, its former chairman Lee Cheuk-yan and its.