The former leader of a pro-democracy group in Hong Kong known for its annual vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown won an appeal against her conviction and sentence over her role in last year's banned event on Wednesday.Tonyee Chow, the former vice chairwoman of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, was given a 15-month sentence in January after being convicted of inciting others to take part in the unauthorized assembly.But the Hong Kong High Court overturned the sentence, saying while Chow called for the public to assem…READ FULL ARTICLE
