Hong Konger to spend 9 years in prison in first national security law case

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Former waiter Tong Ying-kit has been sentenced to nine years in prison in the closely watched first prosecution under Hong Kong’s national security law

Supporters of Tong Ying-kit, the first person charged under a new national security law, queue up for attending the hearing at the High Court in Hong Kong, China on July 30, 2021. The ruling has profound implications for future national security cases.

At a pre-sentencing hearing on Thursday, lawyer Clive Grossman pleaded for lenience, saying any incitement was of a "minor nature" and Tong was a "decent young man" who did something "stupid". Tong's trial focused mostly on the meaning of the slogan, which was ubiquitous during Hong Kong's mass 2019 protests.

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