HONG KONG - Former Legislative Council member of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Lam Cheuk-ting and six others were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 25 to 37 months on Thursday for their involvement in a riot in 2019.

The cases were adjudicated at the HKSAR District Court.

The seven defendants participated in a riot at Yuen Long MTR station in Hong Kong on July 21, 2019. They were found guilty of rioting in December 2024 and were remanded until Feb 27 for sentencing.

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Among the defendants, Lam Cheuk-ting was sentenced to 37 months, Yu Ka-ho to 31 months, Chan Wing-hei to 31 months, Kwong Ho-lam to 31 months, Yeung Long to 31 months, Wan Chung-ming to 28 months, and Yip Kam-sing to 25 months.

Lam was previously sentenced to 81 months in prison for a separate charge of conspiracy to subvert state power.