Joshua Wong: Hong Kong activist has to be arrested before the trial ends - but he faces worse

The activist Joshua Wong and two of his fellow campaigners have to go into custody pending a verdict.

Ultimately, they could face up to five years in prison.

Hong Kong - A

ordered on Monday a preliminary

for

and two other

on.

This was announced by a spokesman for

.

By the end of the ongoing

on November 2, they were no longer at large.

Wong

on Monday for

planning

an unauthorized

.

The

could receive a

of up to five years for this.

Joshua Wong: It's not his first conviction

Activist Agnes Chow

had already

in advance

.

Wong had announced his plan to do so before the

.

The

same applies to

his

.

had said before the trial that he would admit that he had planned an illegal gathering in front

of the

District

Department on June 21 the previous year

.

He and the other

are ready to serve an immediate

.

His hope: That the world will become aware of the

by

.

Joshua Wong: He started planning demonstrations as a teenager

Joshua Wong

, 24, is one of the most well-known

and

of the

.

As a teenager, he had

planned

.

He and other

had already been convicted three years ago in

connection with the “

” that began in 2014

.

The

against the increasing

become even bigger in the past year.

responded to this with a

, which is directed against

activities classified as subversive, separatist or terrorist

by

.

So far it is the biggest influence of

in the autonomy of

.

It means far-reaching powers for

security.