# Former Macao lawmaker sentenced to 12.5 years in first national security case

https://mins.news/en/item/133379

- CGTN, 2026-11-06 14:07 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-11-06/Ex-lawmaker-jailed-12-5-years-in-Macao-s-first-national-security-case-1RRbdHHiauk/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> Au Kam San, a former lawmaker in China's Macao SAR, received a 12-year-and-six-month prison sentence in its first national security case. The Court of First Instance convicted him of subversion, links with organizations outside Macao that endangered national security, and breaching confidentiality.

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