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July 30, 2021

is the sentence imposed in Hong Kong on a 24-year-old, who had been found guilty in recent days for terrorism and incitement to secession under the disputed "national security" law in force for one year in the former British colony at the behest of Beijing.

According to the BBC,

have been arrested

the law came into effect

. Young

, with a past as a waiter, is the first person sentenced in Hong Kong under the "national security" law.

He was accused of carrying a

on his bike

"Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times" during a demonstration on July 1 last year, when the law came into force, causing - according to what was reported in recent days by local media - the wounding of three policemen who tried to block it.

The young man pleaded not guilty. According to the BBC, part of the trial - which went on for 15 days in the absence of a popular jury - was dedicated to the meaning of the sentence on the flag, which according to the indictment

of the former British colony and which for three judges of the Hong Kong High Court is able to incite "secession". Tong has been in pre-trial detention since July last year.