Last year in Hong Kong, a Hong Kong court sentenced a man to five years and nine months in prison for violating the Hong Kong National Security Act, which cracked down on anti-government movements for repeatedly shouting the slogan for independence from China. I handed down the judgment.
This is the second case of a prison sentence for violating this law, and it is perceived by the public that strict judgments continue.
In this trial, a 31-year-old man screamed for independence from China at commercial facilities in Hong Kong from August to November last year and raised a placard, and a 31-year-old man split the nation under the Hong Kong National Security Law. I was accused of inciting.
A Hong Kong court sentenced the man to a prison sentence of 5 years and 9 months in prison, pointing out that he had repeated the same act 20 times and was serious and did not reflect on it.
The man was well known among the public for often protesting alone, and the moment the sentence was handed down, the audience said, "The sentence is too heavy."
More than 100 people, including democratic activists and politicians, were arrested over the Hong Kong National Security Law, which came into force last June, and in July, they rushed into a line of police officers with a flag with the slogan on them. The accused has been sentenced to nine years in prison.
This is the second case in which a prison sentence has been sentenced, and it is perceived by the public that strict judgments are continuing.