Fourteen people were on Thursday found guilty of conspiring to commit subversion under the national security law after a court ruled that they had sought to subvert state power by participating in an unsanctioned 'primary election' organised by the opposition camp in July 2020.

Two others – former district councillors Lawrence Lau and Lee Yue-shun – were acquitted.

Those convicted in the subversion case were Gordon Ng, Tat Cheng, Clarisse Yeung, Michael Pang, Kalvin Ho, Helena Wong, Sze Tak-loy, Gwyneth Ho, Raymond Chan, Owen Chow, Lam Cheuk-ting, Leung Kwok-hung, Ricky Or and Winnie Yu.

They were remanded in custody, pending sentencing.

The verdict was handed down by three national security judges in a hearing at the West Kowloon Court.

Thirty-one others earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit subversion.