Activist Au Kam-san jailed 12.5 years in 1st Macao national security case

Nikkei Asia · KENJI KAWASE · 2026-11-06 09:32 UTC

Wife of former pro-democracy lawmaker calls sentence a 'political judgement'

TOKYO -- Au Kam-san, a former Macao lawmaker and veteran pro-democracy activist, was sentenced Friday to 12 and a half years in prison in the former Portuguese colony's first national security prosecution.

Wife of former pro-democracy lawmaker calls sentence a 'political judgement'

Veteran pro-democracy former lawmaker Au Kam San poses for a photo in Macao in October 2024. © AP

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