Macao court sentences former legislator Au Kam-san to 12 years and six months over subversion charges
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A Macao court handed Au Kam-san, 69, 12 years and six months after a closed-door national security trial, convicting him of subverting state power by spreading false information in 2023 and 2024 to disrupt Macao's 2024 leadership election and of working with foreign groups and leaking confidential material; the bench cited high intent and serious harm though he admitted much of the conduct. His wife Virginia Cheang publicly called it a political trial and groundless persecution. The case was the first prosecution under Macao's 2009 security law; Au had taught, served 20 years in the Beijing-dominated legislature until resigning in 2021, and helped organise Macao's commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen protest.
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