Hong Kong’s security law threatens to jail activist for ‘seditious’ T-shirt
www.aljazeera.com
Chu Kai-pong faces a sentence of up to 10 years in jail after becoming the first convict under the strict new laws.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/2926436

A Hong Kong man is facing as long as 10 years in jail after he pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt featuring a protest slogan.

In court on Monday, Chu Kai-pong, 27, was the first person to be convicted under Hong Kong’s tough homegrown national security law enacted in March.

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He was arrested on June 12 at a train station wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times”, and a yellow mask printed with “FDNOL” – the shorthand for another pro-democracy slogan, “five demands, not one less”. June 12 is a date associated with protests in the city in 2019.

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Chu’s lawyer argued that the maximum he could be given would be two years.

  • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
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    2 days ago
    1. Not from the article
    2. Not related to the civil rights discussion raised by the article
    3. No source for this quote
    4. Cherrypicking one-sided events from a conflict that lasted almost an entire year
    5. Russian propaganda blaming the National Endowment for Democracy (sub: CIA) for all protests worldwide
    6. Misinformation claiming that subway stations were set on fire
    7. Misinformation claiming that protesters deliberately attacked the man who was killed by a falling brick

    This doesn’t contribute to the discussion.