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Business Matters: Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Jailed

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Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Jailed

18/08/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Jailed

A court in Hong Kong has jailed three members of a pro-democracy group

A court in Hong Kong has jailed three members of the pro-democracy 2014 Umbrella Movement

When Business Matters reported from Hong Kong on the 20th anniversary of the handover from British to Chinese rule, we asked what kind of place is Hong Kong becoming? Well, three of the founding members of the pro-democracy 2014 Umbrella Movement have been sentenced to time in prison. The BBC's Martin Yip caught up with one of the men, Joshua Wong, as he entered the court building before sentencing.

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Fergus Nicoll is joined on the programme by Sushma Ramachandran, the former Business Editor of The Hindu in Delhi and Ralph Silva of the Silva Research Network in Toronto.

(Photo: Joshua Wong (centre) speaks between Nathan Law (left) and Alex Chow (right), leaders of Hong Kong's 'Umbrella Movement' before sentencing. Photo credit: ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)

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