Overview

• Jimmy Sham, Kinda Li, Roy Tam and Henry Wong were released after serving sentences for organising a 2020 unofficial primary deemed subversion.
• The four were among 45 of the original 47 defendants convicted under a Beijing-imposed security law and given prison terms of up to ten years.
• Prosecutors said the primary aimed to win a legislative majority to block government bills and paralyse the administration.
• Western governments, including the United States, have criticised the trial as politically motivated, while Hong Kong and Beijing maintain it was fair.
• This follows the April release of Claudia Mo, Kwok Ka-ki, Jeremy Tam and Gary Fan, marking the second group freed in a month.