H.K. media mogul Jimmy Lai, activists plead guilty to assembly charges

Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai and nine other activists on Monday pleaded guilty in a Hong Kong court to inciting and organizing an unauthorized assembly, expecting to be given more jail terms in one of a string of prosecutions lined up against the city's political opposition.The group was charged with organizing and inciting the public to join in a march and rally on Oct. 1, 2019, on Hong Kong Island at the height of the monthslong anti-government protests that stemmed from a government-proposed China extradition bill.The public procession, which coincided with China's National Day, e…READ FULL ARTICLE