12½ years’ jail for ex-Macau lawmaker Au Kam-san in city’s first national security trial

South China Morning Post - Nov 6, 2026

Former Macau lawmaker Au Kam-san has been convicted on five out of seven charges in the city’s first national security trial, with the court handing him a 12½-year prison sentence. The Court of First Instance in Macau on Friday found the 69-year-old guilty on four counts under the city’s national security law – subversion of state power and establishing links with foreign groups or individuals to commit activities endangering national security – as well as a fifth count of violation of...

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