Hong Kong Worker Pleads Guilty to Seditious Materials Charge
A construction worker in Hong Kong has pleaded guilty to distributing seditious materials, which included calls to boycott "patriots only" elections. He was remanded after admitting to tossing the messages from his flat.
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Labourer remanded after admitting he tossed seditious messages from flat
A Hong Kong construction worker has been remanded in custody pending sentencing after pleading guilty to tossing 59 pieces of paper bearing seditious messages from his public rental flat in 2024 and last year. Raymond Wong Chan-fai, 55, was detained on Thursday morning by police’s National Security Department. He was escorted to West Kowloon Court in the afternoon, where he pleaded guilty to two counts of doing an act with seditious intention under the Safeguarding National Security...
By Brian Wong
Read full article →Construction worker pleads guilty to distributing ‘seditious’ materials, including calls to boycott ‘patriots only’ polls
A 55-year-old man has pleaded guilty to making and distributing “seditious” materials, including ones that called for a boycott of the patriots only legislative elections last year. Raymond Wong Chan-fai, a construction worker, in Kwun Tong, was charged and brought to the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Thursday afternoon. He was arrested by national security […]
By Irene Chan
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