More than three years after they were arrested, 16 democrats who pleaded not guilty in a landmark national security case finally heard their verdicts from Hong Kong’s High Court. They are among 47 defendants in the case, of whom 31 pleaded guilty. Most of the 47 have been held in custody since February 28, 2021. The court separately announced that another national security case concerning the disbanded Tiananmen vigil group would not begin this year. Meanwhile, Chow Hang-tung, a defendant in the case, become one of seven people arrested under the city’s new security law. Hong Kong 47: 14 convi…