A Hong Kong man on Monday pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan, becoming the first person convicted under the city’s new national security law passed in March.
Chu Kai-pong, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of “doing with a seditious intention an act.”
Under the new security law, the maximum sentence for the offense has been expanded from two years to seven years in prison and could even go up to 10 years if “collusion with foreign forces” was found involved.
Chu was arrested on June 12 at a MTR station wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” and a yellow mask printed with “FDNOL”- the shorthand of another slogan, “five demands, not one less.”
Both slogans were frequently chanted in the huge, sometimes violent, pro-democracy protests in 2019 and June 12 was a key kick-off day of the months-long unrests.
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To all good people in the world the best and wisest is to wear clothes that say nothing, and face that shows no emotion and of course keep your opinion to yourself.
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Why did this US State Media article leave out that this guy was calling for Hong Kong to be returned to British colonial rule?
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HONG KONG —
A Hong Kong man on Monday pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan, becoming the first person convicted under the city’s new national security law passed in March.
Chu Kai-pong, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of “doing with a seditious intention an act.”
Under the new security law, the maximum sentence for the offense has been expanded from two years to seven years in prison and could even go up to 10 years if “collusion with foreign forces” was found involved.
Chu was arrested on June 12 at a MTR station wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” and a yellow mask printed with “FDNOL”- the shorthand of another slogan, “five demands, not one less.”
Both slogans were frequently chanted in the huge, sometimes violent, pro-democracy protests in 2019 and June 12 was a key kick-off day of the months-long unrests.
To all good people in the world the best and wisest is to wear clothes that say nothing, and face that shows no emotion and of course keep your opinion to yourself.
Why did this US State Media article leave out that this guy was calling for Hong Kong to be returned to British colonial rule?