{"id":34444,"date":"2021-07-27T09:58:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T00:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jul\/27\/hong-kong-security-law-verdict-expected-in-first-ever-trial"},"modified":"2021-07-27T19:43:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T10:43:53","slug":"hong-kong-security-law-verdict-expected-in-first-ever-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=34444","title":{"rendered":"Guilty verdict in first Hong Kong trial held under national security law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tong Ying-kit case seen as a departure from common law traditions, with accused denied bail and a jury trial<\/p>\n<p>The first person charged and tried under Hong Kong\u2019s draconian national security law has been found guilty of terrorism and inciting secession, in a landmark ruling that sets a precedent for future cases brought under the law.<\/p>\n<p>Tong Ying-kit, 24, a former waiter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/23\/hong-kongs-first-national-security-trial-begins-without-jury\">had pleaded not guilty<\/a> to the charges, which also included dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm. He faces possible prison terms ranging from several years to life, and his lawyers are expected to argue for a lighter punishment at his sentencing hearing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jul\/27\/hong-kong-security-law-verdict-expected-in-first-ever-trial\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tong Ying-kit case seen as a departure from common law traditions, with accused denied bail and a jury trialThe first person charged and tried under Hong Kong\u2019s draconian national security law has been found guilty of terrorism and inciting secession, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,48,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-hong-kong","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34469,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34444\/revisions\/34469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}