Nathan Law
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Sep 9, 2026
Ami Fields-MeyerGUEST
We heard this also from people in Hong Kong.
Ami Fields-MeyerGUEST
Nathan Law, who is a dissident leader who has functionally been banned from Hong Kong for leading the Umbrella Revolution, being one of the leaders of the Umbrella Revolution.
Ami Fields-MeyerGUEST
Many of those students are now in prison in mainland China.
Ami Fields-MeyerGUEST
But he is not.
Ami Fields-MeyerGUEST
The second was that they could be a little bit further back and help make the mass of people so that the cameras could see them.
Ami Fields-MeyerGUEST
And the last was the lowest level of risk, just pass out water bottles.
Ami Fields-MeyerGUEST
And Nathan Law is a risk-averse person, as he describes himself.
Ami Fields-MeyerGUEST
And he began his work by passing out water bottles.
Scott WallaceHOST
Here's the case prosecutors brought.
Scott WallaceHOST
They alleged Wong conspired with self-exiled activist Nathan Law and others to lobby foreign governments, including the U.S., Germany, and France, to impose sanctions or blockades against Hong Kong and China between July 1st and November 23rd, 2020.
Scott WallaceHOST
The defense is asking for mercy.
Scott WallaceHOST
Wong's lawyer urged the judge to reduce the potential sentence by half, noting that the activist had spent six years in prison across various charges and had a lengthy opportunity to reflect on his action.
Chris OchimaringaCORRESPONDENT
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Nick HarperCORRESPONDENT
Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong has pleaded guilty to conspiring to collude with foreign powers.
Nick HarperCORRESPONDENT
The Chinese national security offence carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Nick HarperCORRESPONDENT
The 29-year-old appeared at the High Court in Hong Kong on Wednesday, from where FSN's Laura Westbrook reports.
Laura WestbrookCORRESPONDENT
The prosecution has accused him of conspiring with the self-exiled activist Nathan Law between July and November 2020 to request foreign powers to impose sanctions against Hong Kong and China.
Laura WestbrookCORRESPONDENT
They say that he started doing this through interviews, meeting foreign politicians and through social media posts before the national security law took effect in June 2020.
Nick HarperCORRESPONDENT
The death toll from last week's devastating landslides and flash flooding in Nepal has passed 1,000, with nearly 4,000 people still unaccounted for.
Nick HarperCORRESPONDENT
Tensions between the US and Iran have escalated further with strikes and counter-strikes and US President Donald Trump threatening to rename the Strait of Hormuz Trump Strait.
Mike MilesHOST
I'm Mike Miles.
Mike MilesHOST
A prominent pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong has pleaded guilty to foreign collusion charges.
Mike MilesHOST
It's Joshua Wong's second conviction under Beijing's strict national security law.
Mike MilesHOST
Wong is a former student leader in the pro-democracy movement and one of its most recognizable faces.
Mike MilesHOST
Laura Westbrook has more.
Laura WestbrookCORRESPONDENT
The twenty-nine-year-old is accused of conspiring with the self-exiled activist Nathan Law and others to request foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades, or other hostile measures against Hong Kong and China.
Laura WestbrookCORRESPONDENT
It's the second prosecution of Wong under the National Security Law imposed by Beijing in twenty twenty following massive anti-government protests the year before.
Laura WestbrookCORRESPONDENT
Authorities say the law has restored order and stability, but critics argue it's been used to silence dissent.
Mike MilesHOST
Laura Westbrook has more.
Laura WestbrookCORRESPONDENT
The twenty-nine-year-old is accused of conspiring with the self-exiled activist, Nathan Law, and others to request foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades, or other hostile measures against Hong Kong and China.
Laura WestbrookCORRESPONDENT
It's the second prosecution of Wong under the national security law imposed by Beijing in twenty twenty following massive anti-government protests the year before.
Laura WestbrookCORRESPONDENT
Authorities say the law has restored order and stability, but critics argue it's been used to silence dissent.
Scott BabaHOST
Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pled guilty today to conspiring to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security, marking the second time he's been prosecuted under a 2020 Beijing-imposed security law that has stifled the city's pro-democracy movement.
Scott BabaHOST
Prosecutors allege Wong worked with fellow activist Nathan Law, who now lives in Britain, to lobby foreign governments for sanctions or other action against Hong Kong and China, both before and after the 2020 law took effect.
Scott BabaHOST
Wong, who is now 29, faces a sentence of three to ten years or up to life in prison if the offense is deemed severe.
Scott BabaHOST
He's already serving a nearly five-year sentence from an earlier national security case.
Chris OchimaringaCORRESPONDENT
So they're saying the disease does not exist.
Nick HarperCORRESPONDENT
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong has pleaded guilty to conspiring to collude with foreign powers.
Nick HarperCORRESPONDENT
The Chinese national security offence carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Nick HarperCORRESPONDENT
The 29-year-old appeared at the High Court in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
Nick HarperCORRESPONDENT
From where FSN's Laura Westbrook reports.
Laura WestbrookCORRESPONDENT
The prosecution has accused him of conspiring with the self-exiled activist Nathan Law between July and November 2020 to request foreign powers to impose sanctions against Hong Kong and China.
Laura WestbrookCORRESPONDENT
They say that he started doing this through interviews, meeting foreign politicians and through social media posts before the national security law took effect in June 2020.
Nick HarperCORRESPONDENT
The death toll from last week's devastating landslides and flash flooding in Nepal has passed 1,000, with nearly 4,000 people still unaccounted for.
Ami Fields-MeyerGUEST
Or from somewhere else, or have been lost, or, or they couldn't, or we couldn't talk to them because they were in jail or dead.
Ami Fields-MeyerGUEST
And so what do you do with that? So we talked to a guy named Nathan Law, who is, who was a student in Hong Kong, who, um, helped lead the Umbrella Revolution, 2014, '15, and beyond, and is now living in London, because he had to leave.
Ami Fields-MeyerGUEST
And he says...
Ami Fields-MeyerGUEST
Well, the way that I think about this is that maybe we're just in the middle of history.