Macao jails ex-lawmaker in first national security trial
Au Kam San, a primary school teacher who became one of Macao's longest-serving pro-democracy legislators, in 2024. On Friday, a court in the Chinese territory convicted Au of several offenses, including subversion, sentencing him to 12 years and six months in prison. | AFP-JIJI
AFP-JIJI
Nov 6, 2026
A court in the Chinese territory of Macao sentenced ex-lawmaker and democracy campaigner Au Kam San to 12 years and six months in prison on Friday for subversion and other offenses.
Au, 69, is the first person convicted under national security laws widened in 2023 in Macao, the former Portuguese colony and casino hub which reverted to China in 1999.
He co-organized annual vigils for victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, something previously tolerated only in Macao and neighboring Hong Kong.
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