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Former Macau lawmaker Au Kam San jailed in first national security case

A Macau court sentenced Au Kam San, 69, to 12 years and six months after a three-day closed-door trial.

Published Nov 6, 2026 · 07:46 UTC5 reports

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A Macau court sentenced former lawmaker Au Kam San to 12 years and six months in prison in the city's first national security case.[Deutsche Welle]
Au, 69, was convicted of several offences including subversion against the political power of the state, and found guilty on four of seven charges.[Deutsche Welle · BBC News]
He was detained in July 2025, in the first publicly known prosecution under Macau's national security law since its 2009 implementation.[Deutsche Welle]
His wife, Virginia Cheang, condemned the ruling and called the case baseless persecution aimed at humiliating him.[BBC News]

Au Kam San, 69, was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison in Macau's first national security case.[Deutsche Welle · BBC News]
Au was convicted of several offences including subversion against the political power of the State.[Deutsche Welle]
Au was found guilty on four of seven charges after a three-day trial that ended in September.[BBC News]
Au was detained in July 2025, in the first publicly known prosecution under Macau's national security law since its 2009 implementation.[Deutsche Welle]
Au's closed-door trial ended in September after three days.[Deutsche Welle]

Concerns about fairness were raised over the closed-door trial, and the reporting does not resolve them.[Deutsche Welle]
Virginia Cheang's characterization of the case as persecution is her own claim, not an independent finding.[BBC News]
Whether Au will appeal the sentence was not reported in either article.[Deutsche Welle · BBC News]

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