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As a Hong Konger, thank you for writing this. One nitpick: Hong Kong has its own legal definition of "rioting". It's from the Public Order Ordinance[1], and ca
by spacehunt 7y ago
As a Hong Konger, thank you for writing this.
One nitpick: Hong Kong has its own legal definition of "rioting". It's from the Public Order Ordinance[1], and carries a maximum 10 years jail sentence. The entire law itself is quite draconian and was struck down in the final days of British rule, but was reinstated immediately after the handover.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Order_Ordinance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Order_Ordinance
- gscott 7y agoWhen China took the book sellers they prosecuted them in China under Chinese laws. It stands to reason China could take and prosecute some "rioters" under Chinese law and Chinese implications. https://qz.com/1110266/two-years-later-the-last-of-the-vanished-hong-kong-booksellers-gui-minhai-has-been-freed-in-china/ https://qz.com/1110266/two-years-later-the-last-of-the-vanis...
- spacehunt 7y agoOf course. But I'm specifically talking about "rioting" as referenced in the Five Demands.