Six Hongkongers have been fined HK$2,000 (US$256) each over a game of chess found in breach of social-distancing laws, marking the city’s first prosecutions under coronavirus rules banning public gatherings of more than four people.The group of men, aged 52-68 and made up of chess players and observers, refused to disperse when they were caught in Kwai Shing East Estate in Kwai Chung shortly before 4pm on Sunday.They were the first group to be issued with the fixed penalty offences since the…
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