Rioting

First Hong Kong protester to admit ‘rioting’ is jailed for four years

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The first Hong Kong anti-government protester to plead guilty to the charge of rioting during last year’s unrest was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday for a ‘direct attack on the rule of law’. Sin Ka-ho, a 21-year-old lifeguard, was among thousands who surrounded the Legislative Council on June 12 during a pro-democracy … Read more

Rioting and crime is unlikely during the coronavirus pandemic, say UK scientific advisers

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Large scale rioting and crime is ‘unlikely’ during the coronavirus pandemic – unless the Government is incompetent or large numbers of police fall sick, the government’s scientific advisers warn. The insights come in newly released papers from the government scientific panel, called SPI-B, the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviour. The scientists said rather than … Read more