China News Service, Hong Kong, April 20th (Reporter Wang Jiacheng) A Hong Kong channel manager of the social media Telegram, “conspiracy to incite others to arson” and “conspiracy to commit an act with seditious intent”, on the 20th He was sentenced to 3 years in prison in the District Court.

  The 26-year-old female defendant Xu Mouyi admitted earlier that she had conspired with others to incite Telegram users to use fire to damage property in Hong Kong from August 12 to November 8, 2019, and made inciting intentions through the management of one of the channels Acting to encourage others to use violence, fail to abide by the law, and disobey legal orders.

  The prosecution stated that the defendant and others managed the Telegram channel.

The police discovered at least 9,407 messages on the channel during the time involved in the case. The content involved personal data of people with different political positions, hate speech, seditious allegations, etc.

The defendant also used this to incite others to arson, encourage others to not abide by the law, and act against the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, the Hong Kong police and people with different political positions.

  When sentencing, the judge stated that arson is a serious crime, especially as Hong Kong is densely populated. Once a fire breaks out, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, deterrent penalties must be imposed.

The defendant used the Internet to incite many people to participate in it in a short period of time.

There are dozens of messages on the channel related to arson, including listing the ingredients and uses of "burning bombs" (napalm), "thermite bombs" and "poisonous magic". Once someone adopts and uses them, it may cause serious consequences.

As the administrator of the Telegram channel, the defendant has the right to modify or delete the message, but she allows the message to exist.

  The judge comprehensively considered the defendant's guilty plea, his background and non-voluntary announcements and other factors, and decided to sentence him to 3 years in prison.

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