Cardinal, 90, in court charged with breaking China's national security law

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A 90-year-old Catholic leader has appeared in a Hong Kong court accused of breaking China's national security law.

Cardinal Joseph Zen was arrested along with five others - including singer Denise Ho and former opposition politicians Margaret Ng and Cyd Ho - two weeks ago on suspicion of collusion with foreign forces.

The six were trustees of the now-defunct 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which was set up in 2019 to help anti-government protesters with legal or medical costs.

They appeared at Hong Kong's West Kowloon court on Tuesday and denied charges of failing to register the relief fund as an organisation with police - an offence that could incur a fine of up to 10,000 Hong Kong dollars (£1,000).

The case will now go to trial on 19 September and is expected to last five days.

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