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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. CHINA DAILY
First person convicted under new Hong Kong security law, faces life in prison
Wed, 28 July 2021
In Hong Kong’s first conviction under China’s National Security Law for the special administrative region, the city’s High Court on July 27 found that a motorcyclist who rammed police officers was guilty of terrorism and incitement to secession. Leon Tong Ying-kit faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.
A three-judge High Court panel designated for national security cases ruled that during a protest last year, Tong had intentionally incited others to separate Hong Kong from China and “seriously jeopardised public safety”.
1st person convicted under HK National Security Law By GANG WEN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-07-28 07:16 Share CLOSE File photo taken on June 29, 2020 shows a billboard promoting the Law of the People s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in the Central district in Hong Kong. [Photo/Xinhua]
In the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region s first conviction under the National Security Law for Hong Kong, the city s High Court found on Tuesday that a motorcyclist who rammed police officers was guilty of terrorism and incitement to secession.
Leon Tong Ying-kit, the first to be charged under the law in Hong Kong, faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.
The fate of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily is hanging in the balance after Thursday’s (June 17) crackdown by national security police on its top leadership and a further freeze of assets that could send it over the edge financially, analysts have predicted. Apart from the arrests of its editor-in-chief and four other senior executives under the security law, police also.
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Alex Lo has been a Post columnist since 2012, covering major issues affecting Hong Kong and the rest of China. A journalist for 25 years, he has worked for various publications in Hong Kong and Toronto as a news reporter and editor. He has also lectured in journalism at the University of Hong Kong.