July 31, 2021

The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) announced on Friday that Leon Tong Ying-kit had been sentenced to nine years in prison due to separatism and terrorist activities. Tong is the first person convicted under the national security law for Hong Kong. The trial results show that the national security law is effective. No matter how unscrupulous the offenders have been, justice will never be absent.

On July 1, 2020, Tong rode a motorcycle in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, with a flag advocating "Hong Kong independence." He ran through three police checkpoints and caused serious physical injuries to three police officers. In the verdict on Tuesday, the judge said displaying the flag would have incited others to engage in secessionist acts. By crashing into the police officers, Tong was deliberately challenging the police who represent the rule of law in Hong Kong. His behavior involved serious violence and dangerous activities that seriously endangered public safety and caused serious harm to society. His behavior was intended to intimidate the public in order to achieve political goals. 

Hong Kong public opinion believed that the three judges designated by the national security law for Hong Kong made very convincing judgments, established the legal principles of national security law trials, clarified the so-called "fuzzy" fields, and have high guiding significance for the court's future trials of similar cases.

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