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Hong Kong jails terminally ill activist for attempted Olympics protest
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong activist with terminal cancer was jailed Tuesday for attempted sedition over a planned protest against Beijing’s Winter Olympics that was foiled by a pre-emptive arrest.Koo Sze-yiu was arrested on February 4, the opening day of the Winter Olympics, after he had announced plans to protest outside Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong.The 75-year-old was formally charged the next day with “attempting to do or making any preparation to do an act or acts with seditious intention” -- a colonial-era offence -- and denied bail.Principal magistrate Peter Law on Tuesday jailed Koo for nine months, saying that the “serious” case required a deterrent sentence.The longtime activis

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