and phebe spoke to one defendant today the former chairman of the hong kong democratic party or before he was sentenced here's some of their conversation sticklers. a silver medal awarded to young song by the government for his political work it was something this former lawmaker felt proud of but 12 years later it seems to represent a hong kong that's been lost in that time the central government is beating. us to. a dog collar approach to hong kong try to as my country home cause my home to love your country doesn't mean your love is so to political regime young so much one of 10 defendants found guilty of all going izing or attending marches in 2019 during massive anti-government protests many opposition icons of his generation now sentenced for the 1st time this is just the 1st of 6 charges against your. the 73 year old has taught at the university of hong kong for decades while also engaging in politics in court he was the only defendant to read out his submission in person. as a civil disobedience beauty but i don't feel remorse because i don't think i have done anything wrong. s

for having me so what does the future of hong kong's pro-democracy movement look like correspondent phebe kong asked one of those sentenced a former chair of hong kong's democratic party. a silver medal awarded to young song by the government for his political walk it was something this former lawmaker felt proud of but 12 years later it seems to represent a hong kong that's been lost time the central government in beijing. is to. follow the approach to hong kong try to is my country and home to my whole to love your country doesn't mean you love certain political regime young so much one of 10 defendants found guilty of organizing or attending marches in 2019 during massive anti-government protests many opposition icons of his generation now sentenced for the 1st time this is just the 1st of 6 charges against young saw him the 73 year old has taught at the university of hong kong for decades while also engaging in politics in course he was the only defendant to read out his submission in person. it's a civil disobedience a prayer beauty but i don't feel remorse because i don't think i ha

and earlier phebe had the opportunity to speak with one defendant the former chairman of the hong kong democratic party about how he sees the increasing crackdown on dissent. a silver medal awarded to you by the government for his political work it was something this former lawmaker felt proud of but 12 years later it seems to represent a hong kong. it's been lost time this government is beating. us to. i don't know column i'm opposed to hong kong china is my country my home course my home but to love your country doesn't mean you love a certain political regime young so much as one of 10 defendants found guilty of all going izing or attending marches in 2019 during massive anti-government protests many opposition icons of his generation now sentenced for the 1st time this is just the 1st of 6 charges against your. the 73 year old has taught at the university of hong kong for decades while also engaging in politics in course he was lee only defendant to read out his submission in person as a civil disobedience i play a beauty but i don't feel remorse because i don't think i have done a

our correspondent phebe kong sent us that report and we'll go to her live back to hong kong now for more on the story hi phoebe what more can you tell us about these verdicts handed down today. well the church has basically rejected almost all the fans' arguments in ruling that should rule is that there is nothing to do with unconstitutional there is nothing unconstitutional about the persecution itself and the offense of authorize assembly even those the rally is a peaceful one so during the trial the defendants argued that the new rarely they participated in which is originally approved by the police that they hold an assembly in the park that they want to lead a crowd of heart out of because of safety concerns and because of a crowd control measures but all of these reasons and arguments are basically dismissed by the church at the end and now the case will adjourn to 16 of april of this month and then to wait for the dependents to submit their medication before sentencing and this case will also be such as a reference to other similar cases about protests trials that we are expecting