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China's Macau jails ex-lawmaker in first national security trial

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Told by 6 newspapers in 5 countries, between 03:00 and 14:00 on 6 November 2026.

In this story

The headline in each newspaper

In short

Au Kam-san, a former Macau lawmaker, was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison in the city's first national security trial, according to the South China Morning Post and Hong Kong Free Press.12 The Hindu, Daily Maverick, The Japan Times and NPR report the same sentence, with the same term or similar wording.3456

AIMade at 14:11, only from the headlines. Each number links to the source headline. How it is made

Compare the papers

What newspapers from several countries agree on, where the accounts differ and who is involved, so each reader can draw their own conclusions.

The accounts differ

No fact in this story is reported by two newspapers. Below, what each one says, attributed to its newspaper.

Where accounts differ

  • Former Macau lawmaker Au Kam San was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison in the city's first national security trial, according to outlets from three countries.123
  • Focus Taiwan does not report the sentence, but covers the indictment of lawmaker Kao Chin on national security and corruption charges, a different case.4

Who is involved

  • The headlines do not report Au Kam San's position or that of Macau authorities on the sentence beyond the sentence itself.123

Background

  • 2016Au Kam San was a member of the New Macau Association until 2016 and one of Macau's three pro-democracy lawmakers.W
  • 2020Hong Kong's national security law, passed on 30 June 2020, establishes the crimes of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign organisations.W

AIMade at 05:01 from 4 headlines from 4 countries; the background, from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Each number links to the source. Rules

The headlines, side by side

Each headline is the original, as the newspaper published it, in the order it arrived. The selection follows the public grouping rule, with no AI.

Highlighted words are used only by that newspaper, among the headlines in the same language. They show what each one chose to stress.

  • South China Morning Post · Hong Kong · 03:1012½ years’ jail for ex-Macau lawmaker Au Kam-san in city’s first national security trialRead at the newspaper ↗
  • Hong Kong Free Press · Hong Kong · 03:55Macau sentences ex-lawmaker to 12.5 years in first national security trialRead at the newspaper ↗
  • The Hindu · India · 05:15China's Macau jails ex-lawmaker in first national security trialRead at the newspaper ↗
  • Daily Maverick · South Africa · 08:35Macau ex-lawmaker sentenced to 12.5 years in prison in city’s first national security trialRead at the newspaper ↗
  • The Japan Times · Japan · 09:06Macao jails ex-lawmaker in first national security trialRead at the newspaper ↗
  • NPR · United States · 14:10Ex-lawmaker gets 12.5 years in Macao's first national security caseRead at the newspaper ↗

Words in common

  • lawmaker
  • security
  • national
  • trial