A Hong Kong social worker was found guilty of rioting during the city's 2019 democracy protests, with the court on Tuesday rejecting her claim of being a mediator and ruling that she encouraged people to resist police.

HK social worker Jackie Chen has been found guilty of rioting during a protest in 2019, following a retrial that came after the government's appeal.

A Hong Kong court convicted on Tuesday prominent social worker Jackie Chen of rioting, following a retrial after the government appealed against her initial acquittal. Chen pleaded not guilty and declined to testify during her retrial on a rioting charge related to an incident in 2019 when she used a megaphone to urge police to exercise restraint as pro-democracy protests swirled in the China-ruled city.