Ex-lawmaker Au Kam-san jailed for 12½ years in Macau’s first national security trial

Former Macau opposition lawmaker Au Kam-san has been convicted on five of seven charges in the city’s first national security trial, with the court handing down a 12½-year prison sentence following closed-door proceedings. The Court of First Instance on Friday found Au, 69, guilty on four counts under Macau’s national security law – subversion of state power and establishing links with foreign groups or individuals to commit activities endangering national security – as well as a fifth count of...