Hui had been facing criminal charges in several cases, including perverting the course of justice, access to a computer with dishonest intent, and alleged criminal damage.
The deception was carefully orchestrated by the respondent Hui with the consequences that public confidence in the administration of justice had been severely undermined, wrote Chan, who had found Hui guilty of four counts of contempt of court in June.
Hui was among dozens of democrats who took part in an unofficial primary election in August 2020, which was later deemed illegal by authorities. In early 2021, forty-seven of these democrats were arrested for conspiracy to commit a crime that could result in them being jailed for life.
Many democrats are detained and denied bail ahead of the trial, with legal proceedings continuing.
In a post on Thursday, Hui described the sentence and criminal proceedings against him as contemptible. After the National Security Law came into effect in Hong Kong, the courts in Hong Kong have been reduced to become the courts of the Chinese Communist Party. In Hong Kong, political trials and sentencing against dissent have become the norm, Hui wrote.
Since 2020, more than 200 people have been arrested for alleged violations of the national security law.