Retiree jailed for 8 months over seditious online posts against Hong Kong government

A Hong Kong court has jailed a retiree for eight months for posting speeches on his social media account in which he seditiously criticised authorities and called on voters to boycott last year’s Legislative Council election. Lam Ming-chung, 68, on Friday admitted to posting seditious content on his Facebook account between September 2024 and November last year, in violation of the domestic national security law. According to the prosecution, the defendant spread hatred against authorities in...

By Fiona Chow