A Hong Kong man has been jailed for wearing a T-shirt with protest phrases on it, highlighting the city's increasingly stringent national security laws.
He was arrested for wearing a T-shirt and a mask bearing protest phrases on Jun 12 – a date associated with the city's huge and sometimesOn Thursday, Chief Magistrate Victor So – a judge handpicked by the government to hear national security cases – said the court must"fully reflect the legislature's stance on the seriousness of the offence".
According to court documents, Chu had told police he believed the slogan called for the return of Hong Kong to British rule. The revised law beefed up the offence of sedition to include inciting hatred against China's communist leadership, and upped its maximum jail sentence from two years to seven.
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