A Hong Kong news commentator could face up to seven years in jail if convicted of allegedly posting seditious content online about the deadly Tai Po fire after prosecutors moved his case to the higher District Court. Chief Magistrate Victor So Wai-tak on Monday granted prosecutors’ request to transfer Wong Kwok-ngon’s sedition case from West…
A Hong Kong court has remanded a news commentator in custody for allegedly violating the domestic national security law over seditious content posted on social media, including remarks about last month’s deadly Tai Po fire. Wong Kwok-ngon, better known by his pen name Wong On-yin, is the first person to be prosecuted over inappropriate comments…
A Hong Kong court has remanded a news commentator in custody for allegedly violating the domestic national security law over seditious content posted on social media, including remarks about last month’s deadly Tai Po fire. Wong Kwok-ngon, better known by his pen name Wong On-yin, is the first person to be prosecuted over inappropriate comments…
Hong Kong’s national security police have arrested a 71-year-old man on suspicion of disclosing details of one of their probes, invoking a provision that covers prejudicing such investigations for the first time. Police said the National Security Department conducted an enforcement operation on Saturday, and the suspect was arrested. He was accused of violating the…