A Hong Kong judge sentenced a former pro-democracy lawmaker to three years and one month in prison on a charge of riot after an incident in which he was beaten up at a subway station during the city’s anti-government protests in 2019.

Former Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting has been sentenced to 3 years and 1 month in prison after being convicted of rioting in the 2019 Yuen Long mob attack.

Former opposition lawmaker jailed for three years and one month, receiving heaviest punishment among seven defendants on trial for 2019 riot.

FileA Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced former pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting and six others to prison for rioting - after they were attacked by a mob in 2019 as protests raged in the city.

A Hong Kong court jailed former pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting for rioting in relatino to a mob attack in 2019

HONG KONG (Reuters) -- A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced veteran democrat Lam Cheuk-ting and six other men to jail terms of several years for rioting after being attacked by a white-shirted mob in the summer of 2019 as pro-democracy protests raged.

One of the defendants, former pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting's mother, center, leaves the District Court ahead of the sentencing on a riot case in Wan Chai, Hong Kong on Thursday,

HONG KONG (Reuters) -A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced former lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting and six other men to jail terms of up to around three years for rioting after being attacked by a mob in the summer of 2019 as pro-democracy protests raged.