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.

  • @KyrgizionEnglish
    15•3 months ago

    Chilling. It’ll come here as well, mark my words.

  • @Viking_HippieEnglish
    13•3 months ago

    Not an oppressive regime at all, nuh-uh! 🙄

    • JustinEnglish
      21•3 months 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.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      19•3 months ago

      This quote is not from the article. Where is it from?

      And this person was wearing a t-shirt. He was convicted for wearing a t-shirt.

        • @[email protected]OPEnglish
          18•3 months ago

          @[email protected]

          He was convicted for rioting

          No, just read the article. 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.

          Your comments are fabricated, you’re posting biased quotes without providing a source. This does not contribute to a good internet culture.