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    "prose": "A Macao court sentenced Au Kam-san to 12 years and six months in prison.[^1] He was found guilty of subverting state power.[^2] The court said he worked with hostile foreign organisations.[^3]\n\n## A first\n\nThis was the first public prosecution under Macao's security law of 2009.[^4] The law was on the books for 17 years before it was used this way.\n\nThe trial was held behind closed doors.[^5]\n\n## The defendant\n\nAu is a former pro-democracy lawmaker.[^6] He served 20 years in Macao's legislature before resigning in 2021.[^7]\n\n## The two readings\n\nVirginia Cheang, his wife, described the case as a political trial.[^8] Human Rights Watch called on foreign governments to push for his release.[^9]\n\nMacao's government and China's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs office backed the sentence.[^10]\n\n## The day before\n\nThe sentence came one day after Joshua Wong received an additional 10-year jail term in Hong Kong.[^11]\n\nMacao became a Chinese special administrative region in 1999.[^12]",
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