Albert Ho, 70, led the city's largest opposition group, the Democratic Party, and is a lawyer who runs his own law firm.
Pro-democracy activist Albert Ho speaks to the media before a trial over charges related to an unauthorised assembly on October 1, 2019, outside the court in Hong Kong, China May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Lam YikHONG KONG, Aug 22 - A Hong Kong court granted bail on Monday to veteran pro-democracy politician Albert Ho after more than a year in detention on charges linked to a national security case.
He was earlier denied bail by a lower court magistrate. Media has reported that he is in poor health and has lung cancer.High Court judge Johnny Chan referred to Ho's health in his judgement, warning that if he committed any acts endangering national security "his bail will be revoked and he won't be able to receive any kind of private medical care".
Ho stands accused with two others, Lee Cheuk-yan, 65 and Chow Hang-tung, 37, of inciting subversion of state power under a China-imposed national security law, given their leadership roles in a now disbanded group called the "Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China". The Alliance was set up in 1989 after Chinese troops cracked down and killed pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
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