Hong Kong man sentenced to prison for wearing T-shirt with protest slogan
A Hong Kong man has become the first person to be sentenced to prison for sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a once-popular protest slogan.
Updated 2024-Oct-06 14:34
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AAP Critics such as Western governments have expressed concerns that the loosely outlined measures could be utilized to suppress opposition.
However officials from Hong Kong and China have argued that these provisions are necessary to close gaps and uphold stability.
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The maximum sentence for sedition can now be up to seven years in prison under the new law and up to 10 years if there is collusion with foreign forces.
In March 2024 another security law was approved in Hong Kong. In 2020 Beijing implemented a national security law to suppress the extended protests in the financial hub.
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Steven Kwan Chu s attorney stated in court on Monday that there was no proof of any individuals being influenced or provoked by the slogan during the 25 minutes Chu was wearing the T shirt in public.
Chu informed the police that the slogan Liberate Hong Kong revolution of our times was advocating for Hong Kong to be returned to British control and he wore it to keep the protests in people s minds as stated in court.
A Hong Kong man has become the first person to be sentenced to prison for sedition under the city’s new national security law for wearing a T shirt with a once popular protest slogan.
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Chief Magistrate Victor So on Thursday sentenced Chu Kai pong 27 to 14 months’ jail under tougher sentencing laws created by the city’s legislature in March.
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So said the defendant who utilized a significant day to encourage others to remember the turmoil and attempt to bring back the concept of the unrest posing a major threat to societal order with the circumstances being considerable.
The fifth anniversary of one of the initial significant events in the protests was commemorated on that day.
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Chu was taken into custody on June 12 at a subway station while donning the shirt and a yellow mask that had FDNOL printed on it an abbreviation of the well known 2019 slogan five demands not one less.
During the 2019 pro democracy protests in Hong Kong the slogan that was repeated by demonstrators in the streets was considered capable of sparking secession in a different national security issue.
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Chu admitted to wearing a T shirt with the protest slogan Liberate Hong Kong in a seditious manner.
Hong Kong man jailed for T-shirt protest slogan.
