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Eight people have been convicted of rioting in Yau Ma Tei in 2019, a verdict that marks the last one for riot trials linked to protests sparked by a university campus siege. A total of 11 defendants appeared at District Court on Friday after their trial in October. They had pleaded not guilty to rioting in the vicinity of Nathan Road and Gascoigne Road in Yau Ma Tei on November 18, 2019, as clashes broke out at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in nearby Hung Hom. Wong Chun-yuen, Cheung Kin-sum and Ovin Cheung were found not guilty by judge Peony Wong, InMedia reported. The remaining eight …