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Hong Kong man jailed 10 months for seditious messages

A 55-year-old man in Hong Kong has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for distributing seditious messages. Raymond Wong Chan-fai wrote messages targeting police, judges, and mainland Chinese residents, and threw them from his apartment window. He claimed he was trying to vent his frustrations and did not have seditious intent. AI

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Hong Kong man jailed 10 months for seditious messages

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

    Man jailed for 10 months over seditious messages thrown from Hong Kong flat

    A Hong Kong court has sentenced a construction worker to 10 months in prison for throwing dozens of sheets of paper bearing seditious messages from his flat in 2024 and last year. Raymond Wong Chan-fai, 55, told Chief Magistrate Victor So Wai-tak in mitigation on Tuesday that he …