Hong Kong teen arrested for allegedly scrawling seditious words in toilet
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Police revealed on Wednesday that the teenager was arrested on Monday in Kowloon for 'doing with a seditious intention an act or acts that had a seditious intention' under Section 24 of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.
He was accused of writing seditious words with contents 'provoking hatred, contempt or disaffection against the constitutional order and the executive, legislative or judicial authority' of Hong Kong, as well as 'inciting other persons' to disobey the city's law.
The teenager was charged with one count of 'doing with a seditious intention an act or acts that had a seditious intention', and three counts of criminal damage.
The case will be mentioned at West Kowloon Court on Wednesday afternoon.
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The maximum punishment for the offence of seditious intention is seven years' imprisonment.
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