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First person convicted under Hong Kong’s national security law jailed for 9 years | South China Morning Post

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The first person to be convicted under Hong Kong’s national security law has been sentenced to nine years in jail. Former restaurant worker Leon Tong Ying-kit was arrested for driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers in 2020 while flying a flag calling for the city’s “liberation”. The High Court senten…

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