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Hong Kong’s first national security law verdict shows Beijing’s “red line” has become a red net
Hong Kong’s first national security trial ended in a guilty verdict for Tong Ying-kit on charges of secession and terrorism—two vaguely defined crimes under the sweeping national security law—and a separate count of dangerous driving. The 24-year-old now faces up to life in prison.The landmark guilty verdict, delivered by three judges hand-picked by the Hong Kong’s top official to hear national security cases rather than a jury, also has wide and grim implications for free speech and political expression in a city increasingly pulled into the orbit of authoritarianism.It appears more certain than ever that Beijing’s talk of laying down “red lines” is not intended to delineate limits of speec

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