Hong Kong student avoids jail for seditious graffiti in commercial complex toilet

A Hong Kong student has been spared jail for seditious acts in breach of the domestic national security law, after a court ruled that his good background, young age and the limited impact of his offences constituted “exceptional circumstances”. Leung Kai-lok, 19, is potentially the first person to avoid a custodial sentence for violating the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, although he was incarcerated for four weeks before sentencing. West Kowloon Court on Wednesday gave the defenda...

By Brian Wong