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A Hong Kong man is facing as long as 10 years in jail after he pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt featuring a protest slogan.
In court on Monday, Chu Kai-pong, 27, was the first person to be convicted under Hong Kong’s tough homegrown national security law enacted in March.
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He was arrested on June 12 at a train station wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times”, and a yellow mask printed with “FDNOL” – the shorthand for another pro-democracy slogan, “five demands, not one less”. June 12 is a date associated with protests in the city in 2019.
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Chu’s lawyer argued that the maximum he could be given would be two years.
Chilling. It’ll come here as well, mark my words.
Not an oppressive regime at all, nuh-uh! 🙄
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- Not from the article
- Not related to the civil rights discussion raised by the article
- No source for this quote
- Cherrypicking one-sided events from a conflict that lasted almost an entire year
- Russian propaganda blaming the National Endowment for Democracy (sub: CIA) for all protests worldwide
- Misinformation claiming that subway stations were set on fire
- Misinformation claiming that protesters deliberately attacked the man who was killed by a falling brick
This doesn’t contribute to the discussion.
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This quote is not from the article. Where is it from?
And this person was wearing a t-shirt. He was convicted for wearing a t-shirt.
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He was convicted for rioting
No, just read the article. He was arrested on June 12 at a train station
wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times”, and a yellow mask printed with “FDNOL” – the shorthand for another pro-democracy slogan, “five demands, not one less”. June 12 is a date associated with protests in the city in 2019.
Your comments are fabricated, you’re posting biased quotes without providing a source. This does not contribute to a good internet culture.