Sedition clampdown hits ‘ordinary’ Hongkongers FMTNews FMTWorld
Hong Kong has used the sedition offence to charge residents for the first time in over 50 years.
Her prosecution is one in a string of sedition convictions in the city, where critics say Beijing is tightening its authoritarian grip. Their “seditious” acts have mostly involved criticising authorities – the government, police and courts – through posters, stickers or on social media platforms. “When you are inside … you would spend all day thinking whether the prosecution would add an actual national security charge on you,” he told AFP.
Of the 18 sedition defendants convicted at the magistrate level, more than 80% pleaded guilty within three months – triple the rate of all cases handled in 2022.The city’s security minister, Chris Tang, has said the sedition charge remains a necessary tool to plug gaps in the national security law. The United Nations Human Rights Committee has said it is concerned about the “overly broad interpretation and arbitrary application” of both the sedition and security laws – warning against using them to suppress dissent.But Kim Hau, whose tea shop was raided by police last February when she was arrested for sedition, said the offence remains “wide and mysterious” to her.
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