6 pro-independence activists plead guilty

Six Hong Kongers who belonged to a pro-independence student group pleaded guilty Saturday to charges of subverting the state under a Beijing-drafted security law, according to local media HK01.

The case of a seventh defendant remains unresolved as more time is required for legal consultation, the online news portal reported.

The activists have been held in custody since their arrest in May. They each face as many as seven years in prison, the maximum sentence in the district court.