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HK commentator denies leaking police meeting details under national security law

A Hong Kong news commentator, Wong Kwok-ngon, is on trial for allegedly violating the national security law by revealing details of a meeting with national security officers. Wong, who uses the YouTube pseudonym Wong On-yin, denies the charges, asserting that the information he shared was already publicly available. He is the first person in Hong Kong to face prosecution for prejudicing a national security investigation through the unlawful disclosure of police interview details. Additionally, he faces charges related to seditious publications for his online videos. AI

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HK commentator denies leaking police meeting details under national security law

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fiona Chow ·

    News commentator denies unlawfully revealing police meeting details online

    A Hong Kong news commentator accused of violating the national security law has denied exposing police intelligence operations, telling a court that details of his meeting with officers were already public knowledge before he posted them online. Wong Kwok-ngon, 72, who ran a YouT…