Overview
- Former alliance leaders Chow Hang‑tung and Lee Cheuk‑yan pleaded not guilty as Albert Ho admitted the charge at the High Court opening on Jan. 22.
- The three face up to 10 years for allegedly inciting subversion, with a designated three‑judge panel set to hear the roughly 75‑day case without a jury.
- On Jan. 23, Chow told the court the slogan targeted one‑party dictatorship and sought democratic reform, countering prosecutors’ reading.
- Prosecutors plan to present company records, online material, video clips of speeches, and items seized from the alliance’s Tiananmen museum as evidence.
- Rights groups criticized the case as an effort to rewrite or erase the Tiananmen memory, while authorities say enforcement is evidence‑based and lawful.