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A Hong Kong judge increased a university student’s jail sentence to five years on Friday for messages sent on Telegram advocating the city’s independence from China and calls to resist communist rule. Lui Sai-yu, (pic) a 25-year-old engineering student, pleaded guilty to “incitement to secession”, a crime under the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020 to crush dissent
A Hong Kong judge increased a university student's jail sentence to five years on Friday for messages sent on Telegram advocating the city's independence from China and calls to resist communist rule.…
National security law imposes minimum jail terms for serious offenses, rarely seen in the city's common law tradition
A Hong Kong judge yesterday increased a university student’s jail sentence to five years for messages sent on Telegram advocating the territory’s independence from China and calls to resist communist rule. Lui Sai-yu (呂世瑜), a 25-year-old engineering student, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to “incitement to secession,” a crime under Hong Kong’s National Security Law imposed by Beijing in 2020. Lui is the fourth person jailed under the law, while more than 100 other prosecutions are ongoing. District Judge Amanda Woodcock (胡雅文) said that Lui’s posts — sent to a channel on ...
Pre-trial detention under China's security law aims to break the will of those accused, critics say.