A court against a defendant who was first charged and convicted of violating the Hong Kong National Security Act last year for rushing into a line of police officers on a motorcycle with a flag with the slogan in a protest in Hong Kong. Has been sentenced to nine years in prison and is expected to affect other trials in the future.
In July last year, a 24-year-old defendant who was a clerk at a restaurant in Hong Kong went to a line of police officers on a motorcycle with a flag with the slogan "Regain Hong Kong" while participating in prosecution activities. He was the first to be charged with violating the Hong Kong National Security Act, which cracks down on the rebel movements that came into force just before.
The court convicted on the 27th of this month, "It is a crime of inciting the division of the nation by raising the flag of the slogan to separate Hong Kong from China and a crime of terrorist activity that rushed in by motorcycle", but the sentence of sentencing was postponed. Was being done.
At the trial on the 30th, the court sentenced him to a sentence of nine years in prison for both crimes, pointing out that he was "serious" in raising the flag with the slogan in particular, and will continue to do the same. He emphasized his strict attitude toward actions.
When the sentence was sentenced, the citizens who were in the audience were screaming and complained, saying, "Any words and actions will be severely punished by the National Security Law."