Shanghai - Since Beijing said to critics that it was used to reject objections, it was released by four former Hong Kong lawmakers, part of the largest national security case.

Claudia Mo, Gary Fan, Jeremy Tam and Kwok Ka-ki each served for four years and two months on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under national security legislation, which fundamentally changed Hong Kong's political landscape.

Their release is Report Radio and Television Hong Kong, the city’s public broadcasting services, and other news media.

The four are part of a group known as "Hong Kong 47" and despite warnings from authorities, 600,000 people were called in 2020 in unofficial primary polls.

Hong Kong's once vibrant pro-democracy camp organized a poll, hoping it would be a springboard for success in legislative elections later that year and could make more say in decision-making.

Instead, legislative elections were postponed, ostensibly due to the pandemic, and In early 2021, police arrested dozens of people Those who participate in the unofficial primary election. In the end, 47 people were charged, and only two were later acquitted.

Prosecutor Say the poll is part of the plot Subvert the government. However, critics say the lawsuit is part of Beijing's widespread attack on rights and democracy in the former British colonies.

The maximum sentence in this case is 10 years. Go to Benny Tachia professor turned into an activist, he was the main organizer. The Tai Chi team is also the organizer behind the 2014 demonstration, known as the Umbrella Movement.

Beijing quickly imposed a national security law on Hong Kong in 2020, after sometimes huge, occasionally violent protests against the city's leadership in 2019 and favored universal suffrage.

Officials say the law is necessary to restore order and confidence in Asia's financial hubs. Opponents say this violates Beijing's commitment to grant Hong Kong "high autonomy" 50 years after returning to the UK in 1997.