Hong Kong – Four Indonesians who took part in an anti-WTO sit-in that occupied a major thoroughfare in Hong Kong over the weekend have been charged with unlawful assembly, an activist said Monday.

An activist monitoring the situation of the arrested Indonesians, Titi Soentoro of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, announced the charges at a press conference.

Participating in an unlawful assembly carries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment.

The Indonesians were part of a larger group of more than 1,000 – mostly South Koreans – arrested after protesting late Saturday. The authorities have released at least 188 people, including 150 South Korean women.