Page 2 - Fast Beat News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Activist Tam Tak-chi was a defendant in the city’s first sedition trial since it was handed back to China in 1997.

Hong Kong opposition activist Tam Tak-chi jailed for 40 months for sedition. It is the city's first sedition trial since its handover from British to Chinese rule. Judge Stanley Chan said he could not ignore the "social-political reality" of Hong Kong. Tam was also fined HK$5,000 ($638)

A Hong Kong radio DJ yesterday was jailed for 40 months for “seditious speech” under a law that authorities have embraced as China flattens dissent in the territory. Tam Tak-chi (譚得志), 49, is among a growing number of democracy advocates charged with sedition, a previously little-used law that prosecutors have dusted off in the wake of massive protests in 2019. Tam’s sentencing was aggravated because his seditious speech continued after China imposed a National Security Law on Hong Kong in 2020, Hong Kong Judge Stanley Chan (陳廣池) said while announcing the punishment. “Live ...

HONG KONG - A pro-democracy Hong Kong radio DJ was convicted of seditious speech on Wednesday under a British colonial-era law that authorities have emb

HONG KONG - A pro-democracy Hong Kong radio DJ was convicted of seditious speech on Wednesday under a British colonial-era law that authorities have emb