Overview

• Lam Cheuk-ting, a former pro-democracy lawmaker, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for his involvement in the 2019 Yuen Long MTR station riot.
• The court ruled that Lam's actions and words at the scene escalated tensions, rejecting his claims of acting as a mediator or in self-defense.
• The 2019 incident involved over 100 white-shirted men attacking protesters and bystanders with clubs and sticks, and Lam was accused of provoking violence against them.
• Six other defendants in the case received prison sentences ranging from two years and one month to two years and seven months.
• Lam is already serving a six-year, nine-month sentence for subversion related to an unauthorized 2020 primary election, with an appeal pending.