Magistrate highlights gravity of offences and large number of provocative statements involvedCourt earlier convicted Rex Lee of two counts of incitement to wound after he admitted posting offensive messages on Facebook
But he accepted the recommendations by two government psychiatrists that a period of hospitalisation would be in the best interests of Lee and society.
The court earlier heard that the defendant, who was jobless, had posted on social media his delusional thoughts of being oppressed by society and his desire for “war and genocide”. Szeto Sing-kwong, 39, was charged with murdering two women at the Plaza Hollywood mall in Diamond Hill. In June, he was deemedand detained in the same Siu Lam institution pending further police investigation.
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