Hong Kong Jails Man for Nearly 6 Years Over Banned Slogan
- Both national security law trials have resulted in convictions
- 85% of cases facing prosecution under law are speech crimes
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Hong Kong jailed a former food delivery worker for five years and nine months for chanting a banned protest slogan, as authorities use a Beijing-drafted national security law to set stark new limits on speech.
Ma Chun-man, 31, known locally as Captain America 2.0 for the Marvel character he’d sometimes dressed as while protesting, faced as many as seven years in prison for incitement to secession. The District Court ruled last month that his use of slogans, including “liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times,” violated the vaguely worded security law. He had pleaded not guilty.