Hong Kong court jails first dual-national for secession

Hong Kong (AFP) April 11, 2024

A Hong Kong man with Portuguese nationality was jailed for five years on Thursday for "incitement to secession", the first dual-national convicted under the city's Beijing-made national security law. Joseph John, also known as Wong Kin-chung, pleaded guilty in February to the charge, admitting that he was the chairperson of the now-dissolved Britain-based Hong Kong Independence Party. He was