Rioters in standoff with police outside of Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, China, November 17, 2019. (Photo: Xinhua)

A Hong Kong court has sentenced seven defendants to terms of imprisonment ranging from 38 to 40 months and two to a correctional institution for young offenders for rioting near Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in November 2019.

A district court in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) last November found the nine guilty of rioting in the vicinity of the PolyU.