MacauA closed-door court jailed ex-lawmaker Au Kam San for 12.5 years.
It is the first conviction under Macau’s national security law.
The court convicted him of subverting state power, contacting foreign organisations three times, and breaching confidentiality, after hearings on 16 and 18 September.
Rights groups say the closed trial violated his right to a fair trial, and his wife calls it persecution.
A 12.5-year term would keep Au, 69, in prison until about age 81.
How each outlet framed it
- Global Voices leans critical
- reports Au Kam San's conviction via his lawyer's 'sham' framing and the closed-door trial, placing it in a justice-as-infrastructure series
Sources: Global Voices