Hong Kong boat activists: China jails group for up to three years

China has jailed ten Hong Kong activists arrested at sea as they tried to flee to Taiwan by speedboat.

Reports say, two other members of the youth group dubbed the Hong Kong 12 who are minors will be returned to Hong Kong.

The activists were caught in august as they made a rare attempt to escape the city after a harsh new security law was introduced by Beijing in June.

They were accused of making or organising an illegal border crossing.