Hong Kong student sentenced to 5 years in jail for sending pro-independence messages on Telegram
An engineering student from Hong Kong has been sentenced to five years in jail for advocating the citys independence from the Chinese Communist Party in his messages sent on instant messaging app Telegram.
Lui Sai-yu, a 25-year-old undergraduate student at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, was charged with incitement to secession in April 2021 under the 2020 Beijing imposition of the national security law.
Lui was originally sentenced to 3 years and 8 months by Judge Amanda Woodcock when his guilty plea reduced one third of his sentence; however, it was increased to 5 years on Friday after prosecutor Ivan Cheung argued his crime was of a serious nature. Woodcock was bound by Article 21 of the security law to sentence the student to at least five years.
The student was first arrested in September 2020 following a police raid in his flat in Fanling. Police seized an extendable police baton, two military knives, a pepper ball launcher and protective gear.
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