Hong Kong Man Jailed for Wearing 'Seditious' T-Shirt Under New Security Law
Chu Kai-pong received a 14-month sentence for wearing a protest slogan shirt, marking the first conviction under the city's new national security law.
- Chu Kai-pong, 27, was sentenced for wearing a T-shirt with the slogan 'Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times' on June 12, a symbolic date for protesters.
- The new security law, enacted in March 2024, significantly increases penalties for sedition, with offenders facing up to seven years in prison.
- Chief Magistrate Victor So stated that Chu's actions posed a great risk to social order and showed no remorse following a previous sedition conviction.
- Amnesty International condemned the sentencing as a blatant attack on freedom of expression and called for the repeal of the security law.
- Two other individuals were also recently sentenced under the same law, highlighting the broader crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong.
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