On Friday Cardinal Joseph Zen was found guilty of failing to register a now-disbanded humanitarian fund which paid medical and legal fees for pro-democracy protesters. He was among five people connected with the fund to be convicted.
The 90-year-old cardinal was fined HK$4,000 (about £420), the same amount as barrister Margaret Ng, scholar Hui Po-keung, politician Cyd Ho and singer Denise Ho. Sze Ching-wee, the secretary of the fund, was fined a smaller amount. The maximum penalty for the offence could have amounted to £1,000.
