Veteran pro-democracy Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu has pleaded not guilty to attempting to commit seditious acts. Appearing before Principal Magistrate Peter Law at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday morning, the 75-year-old activist – who has been diagnosed with stage-four colon cancer – said “human rights above regime, people before country,” before pleading not guilty. Koo was arrested by national security police on February 4, hours before a planned demonstration with the League of Social Democrats (LSD) against the Beijing Winter Olympics outside China’s Liaison Office. Koo was …
