Breaking News LIVE Updates: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong faces sentencing in 2nd national security case

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Today’s Breaking News LIVE Updates, November 5, 2026: Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong is expected to be sentenced Thursday for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say reflects the crackdown on the city’s once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

Wong was charged in 2025 with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under the law. In September, he pleaded guilty, facing a prison term ranging from three years to life imprisonment. Pleading guilty typically reduces the sentence.

The 30-year-old is already serving a four-year, eight-month prison term for the city’s biggest national security case linked to an unofficial primary after entering a guilty plea in that case.

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05 Nov 2026 07:32 AM (IST) Indian national gets 8 years in prison for laundering money from fraud scheme targeting elderly A 60-year-old Indian national was sentenced to eight years in prison for laundering money from a fraud scheme targeting the elderly and was also ordered to pay USD 2.4 million to the victims. Ahmed Maqbul Syed, a citizen of India and former resident of Illinois, was sentenced last week to 96 months in prison by US District Judge John C. Hinderaker. Syed had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. The court also ordered him to pay approximately USD 2.4 million in restitution to the victims, the US Justice Department said in a statement.

Indian national gets 8 years in prison for laundering money from fraud scheme targeting elderly

A 60-year-old Indian national was sentenced to eight years in prison for laundering money from a fraud scheme targeting the elderly and was also ordered to pay USD 2.4 million to the victims.

Ahmed Maqbul Syed, a citizen of India and former resident of Illinois, was sentenced last week to 96 months in prison by US District Judge John C. Hinderaker.

Syed had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. The court also ordered him to pay approximately USD 2.4 million in restitution to the victims, the US........

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