HK s 1st National Security Law defendant gets 9 years jail term By Chen Shuman | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-07-30 15:40 Share CLOSE Tong Ying-kit , who is accused of deliberately driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers on July 1, arrives in West Kowloon Magistrates Courts in Hong Kong on July 6, 2020. [PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY]
HONG KONG - The first person convicted under the National Security Law for Hong Kong was sentenced to nine years in prison for terrorist activities and inciting secession at the High Court on Friday.
Leon Tong Ying-kit, who displayed a flag with a secessionist slogan and rammed into police officers during a protest last year, was found guilty of terrorism and incitement to secession on Tuesday.
Three Hong Kong judges are expected to deliver their verdict on Tuesday in the trial of Tong Ying-kit – the first person charged under the national security law that was imposed by China on the restive territory just hours before his arrest.
Tong, who has been held in custody and is now 24 years old, went on trial at the beginning of this month.
Here is a timeline of events in this landmark case.
June 30, 2020
Shortly before midnight, Beijing imposes the national security law on Hong Kong punishing what China deems subversion, secessionism, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison.
Sunday, 25 Jul 2021 11:24 AM MYT
Police officers escort a prison van which is carrying Tong Ying-kit, the first person charged under the new national security law, as he leaves West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts, in Hong Kong, China July 6, 2020. Reuters pic
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HONG KONG, July 25 Three Hong Kong judges will rule on Tuesday whether the protest slogan “Liberate Hong Kong. Revolution of our Times” is a call for secession when they deliver a verdict on charges against a man arrested at a demonstration last year.
The landmark ruling could have long-term implications for how a national security law that China imposed on its freest city a year ago against secession, terrorism, subversion and collusion with foreign forces reshapes its common law traditions, some legal scholars say.
Five more arrested over terror bomb plot in Hong Kong
1 2021-07-13 08:18:37China Daily
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Five more arrests were made on Monday in connection with a foiled terrorist plot to bomb Hong Kong s courts and transportation networks, bringing the number of suspects arrested in the case to 14.
The five new suspects-four male and one female and aged from 15 to 37-include three students. They were arrested by the Hong Kong Police Force s National Security Department on suspicion of conspiring to commit terrorist activities-a violation of Article 24 of the National Security Law for Hong Kong.
The police said they were not ruling out further arrests.
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