HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Friday (Nov 3) sentenced a student to two months imprisonment for sedition over pro-independence social media posts she published while studying in Japan. This is the first known Hong Konger convicted under the colonial-era sedition law over online speech in Japan.
The Hong Kong skyline. The city's sedition law — one of the legacies of British rule — had remained dormant for over half a century but saw a resurgence in use following the 2019 protests and subsequent unrest.HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced a student to two months imprisonment for sedition over pro-independence social media posts she published while studying in Japan.
Chief Magistrate Victor So sentenced the student to two months jail after her guilty plea, saying deterrent sentencing was needed because "ingorant people would be incited subtly". The defense had earlier disputed whether the magistrate's court had extraterritorial jurisdiction over the posts she published aboard, but they abandoned the dispute as she didn't remove the content.
Sedition is punishable by a maximum jail term of two years upon conviction. It is not among the offences criminalised by the Beijing imposed national security law, but it has been ruled by the Court of Final Appeal as an act that can endanger national security.
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