Overview
- High Court judges denied Chow Hang-tung’s application to quash the indictment and said their written reasons will be issued one day before the trial.
- The trial is scheduled to begin on Jan. 22, 2026, with former Hong Kong Alliance leaders Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho facing incitement to subversion charges.
- Chow and Lee have indicated they will plead not guilty, while Ho has signaled he will plead guilty, and all three defendants remain in custody.
- Prosecutor Ned Lai told the court that “unlawful means” includes actions aimed at ending Chinese Communist Party leadership that would violate China’s constitution.
- Representing herself, Chow argued the indictment is impermissibly vague and risks a “catch-all” charge; the case follows the 2020 ban on Tiananmen vigils and the Alliance’s 2021 disbanding, after the trio’s 2023 non-cooperation convictions were overturned in March.