HONG KONG: A man from Hong Kong has been sentenced to 14 months’ jail on sedition charges. He pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan.
The offence of sedition that he was charged with for wearing the T-shirt is part of the new security law that was passed in March called Article 23.
The offender, Chu Kai-pong, who is 27 years old, was arrested at a subway station in June. The T-shirt he was wearing had the phrase “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times”. He also had a mask that read “FDNOL”, which stands for “Five demands, not one less.”According to a Reuters report, Chu told police that the T-shirt was meant to remind people of the protests.
Chief Magistrate Victor So pronounced his judgment on Thursday, saying that Chu had shown no remorse after his previous conviction.
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