Benny Tai sentenced to 10 years in 'Hong Kong 47' case
On 19 November 2024 former law professor Benny Tai received a 10-year sentence for conspiracy to commit subversion over an unofficial 2020 opposition primary, the longest among the 45 defendants sentenced.
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On 19 November 2024 former law professor Benny Tai received a 10-year sentence for conspiracy to commit subversion over an unofficial 2020 opposition primary, the longest among the 45 defendants sentenced. The court called him the initiator of the scheme; the others, including Joshua Wong, received terms of roughly four to almost eight years.
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Benny Tai
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- 1.bbc.com — sourcebbc.com · verified
- 2.info.gov.hkchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: tai+subversion · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Benny Tai sentenced to 10 years in 'Hong Kong 47' case. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/hk47-subversion-sentence-2024-11-19
https://factrail.ai/facts/hk47-subversion-sentence-2024-11-19
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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