India, Sept. 2 -- Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that has largely silenced the city's once-vibrant pro-democracy movement.

It was the second time Wong, a former student leader, has faced prosecution under Hong Kong's national security law, introduced in 2020 following the mass anti-government protests that shook the city in 2019.

Wong, 29, faces up to life in prison and is expected to be sentenced later. A guilty plea can typically result in a reduced sentence.

He is already serving four years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty in a separate national security case linke...