Hong Kong commentator could face up to 7 years in jail over seditious online content

A Hong Kong news commentator could face up to seven years in jail if convicted of allegedly posting seditious content online about the deadly Tai Po fire after prosecutors moved his case to the higher District Court. Chief Magistrate Victor So Wai-tak on Monday granted prosecutors’ request to transfer Wong Kwok-ngon’s sedition case from West Kowloon Court to the higher court, where sentences are capped at seven years. The maximum sentence at the magistrates’ courts is generally capped at two...

By Fiona Chow