Article 6QRPK Hong Kong: first person convicted under security law for wearing protest T-shirt

Hong Kong: first person convicted under security law for wearing protest T-shirt

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Chu Kai-pong, 27, pleaded guilty to act with seditious intent' for displaying slogan Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times'

A man in Hong Kong has pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan, becoming the first person to be convicted under the city's controversial national security law known as Article 23, passed in March.

Chu Kai-pong, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of doing acts with seditious intent".

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