US condemns 12-year jail sentence for Macau pro-democracy activist

HONG KONG: The United States has said it "strongly condemns" last week's sentencing of pro-democracy activist and former lawmaker Au Kam San in the Chinese territory of Macau. Au was convicted of subversion and other offences, and sentenced on Friday to 12-and-a-half years in jail in the former Portuguese colony, which reverted to China in 1999. It was the first conviction under Macau's National…