Five people on mainland China who supported the pro-reform demonstrations in Hong Kong in late 2014 have been sentenced to jail.
One was given four-and-a-half years on Friday for waving a flag in Guangzhou, across the border from Hong Kong, in support of the so-called Umbrella Movement protests, his lawyer was quoted as saying by the South China Morning Post.
Wang Mo was convicted of "inciting subversion of state power", his lawyer Chen Keyun said.
Another activist Xie Wenfei received the same sentence for holding a banner, overseas activists were quoted as saying.
Demonstrators led by students brought parts of Hong Kong to a standstill for 79 days in late 2014, demanding deeper electoral reforms ahead of the 2017 poll, in particular to the provision that all candidates for chief executive be approved by Beijing.
The other three activists sentenced in Guangzhou on Friday were jailed for between one and four years, also for inciting subversion, the report said.
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