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HONG KONG (LifeSiteNews) – Former Bishop of Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen appeared in court Tuesday, charged with failing to properly register a fund which offered legal and financial assistance to pro-democracy activists.
90-year-old Zen, now retired, was arrested earlier this month under China’s controversial 2020 national security law alongside five other prominent figures – four of whom acted as trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, and the fifth as its secretary. The Fund is no longer in operation.
At the time, the group was arrested for “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces,” but they are yet to be charged with the apparent offence, which carries a possible life sentence.
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