Overview

• Police allege the teen scrawled seditious slogans in a commercial building restroom on three separate occasions, triggering charges under Article 23.
• Authorities say the messages provoked hatred and disaffection toward the government and incited others to defy the law.
• A conviction under the fast-tracked 2024 ordinance carries up to seven years in prison for acts deemed seditious.
• Early July saw the detention of four men accused of advocating Hong Kong independence.
• In June, authorities teamed up with Beijing security officers on a joint operation and banned a Taiwanese video game for allegedly calling for armed revolution.