Chu Kai-pong, 27, pleaded guilty to ‘act with seditious intent’ for displaying slogan ‘Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times’A man in Hong Kong has pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan, becoming the first person to be convicted under the city’s controversial national security law known as Article 23, passed in March.Chu Kai-pong, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of “doing acts with seditious intent”. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/16/chu-kai-pong-hong-kong-first-conviction-sedition-charge
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Publish date : 2024-09-16 07:11:09
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Hong Kong: first person convicted under security law for wearing protest T-shirt
