A 19-year-old in Hong Kong has been convicted of sedition for writing anti-government graffiti in a commercial building toilet, violating the city’s domestic national security law. West Kowloon Court on Wednesday rejected a defence psychiatrist’s opinion that a congenital mental disorder prevented Leung Kai-lok from understanding the offensive words he used against the government and police. Leung, 19, stood trial earlier this year before a magistrate hand-picked by the city leader to oversee...
On Monday, the Central government sought one more day to file a reply in plea challenging constitutional validity of the sedition charge under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code
Sloganeering against the government or wings of governance, in an elected democracy, would not be sufficient to slap charges of sedition against its citizens, the bench observed