This file photo taken on July 6, 2020 shows Tong Ying-kit, who is charged with inciting secession and terrorism after he drove a motorbike into police while flying a protest flag during a rally on July 1, 2020, arriving at the West Kowloon court in Hong Kong. – A Hong Kong court will lay down a marker on the city’s future legal landscape on July 27, 2021 when it delivers its verdict on Tong in the first trial using a national security law imposed by China to stamp out dissent. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The first person charged under Hong Kong’s national security law was found guilty on Tuesday of terrorism and inciting secession in a landmark case that carries long-term implications for how the legislation will reshape the city’s common law traditions. Former waiter Tong Ying-kit, 24,…
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