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Brian Wong

A Hong Kong man has been jailed for two months for sharing a social media post urging residents to shun last year’s Legislative Council election.
Security guard Wong Wah-kwong, 63, pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Court on Wednesday to inciting others to boycott the December poll – the second under a Beijing-imposed “patriots-only” election overhaul in 2021.
Wong admitted sharing a Facebook post dated October 15 last year by fugitive activist Alan Keung Ka-wai, who urged Hongkongers to avoid taking part in the poll for the “illegal” legislature.
Portraying himself as the chairman of a so-called Hong Kong Parliament – an overseas organisation deemed subversive by local authorities – Keung insisted that voting in the poll would be equivalent to condoning political suppression and persecution.
Wong also commented on the original post, saying he had completely forgotten about the election since Hong Kong transitioned “from stability to prosperity”, a term coined by Chinese President Xi Jinping to praise the impact of national security legislation on the city.
“I only see a bunch of eunuchs and slaves – God knows where they [expletive] come from – competing in the election like crazy. So [expletive] disgusting!” he wrote.
Both the comment and the shared post remained accessible at the time of Wong’s arrest by the Independent Commission Against Corruption on December 4.

Magistrate Amy Chan Wai-mun said the defendant’s use of an anonymous profile and the risk presented by the offensive messages justified an immediate prison term.
She reduced a third of Wong’s three-month sentence to reflect his timely guilty plea.
Another security guard was also charged on Wednesday for allegedly inciting voters to cast invalid ballots in the same election.
Ramirez Lam Kuk-wai, 38, was given four weeks to consider his plea. He was released on HK$1,000 (US$128) bail pending the next hearing on May 27.


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Magistrate reduces Wong Wah-kwong’s sentence by a third after 63-year-old pleads guilty to inciting others to avoid voting in last year’s election


Magistrate reduces Wong Wah-kwong’s sentence by a third after 63-year-old pleads guilty to inciting others to avoid voting in last year’s election.


2 months’ jail for Hong Kong security guard who shared post urging Legco poll boycott

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Magistrate reduces Wong Wah-kwong’s sentence by a third after 63-year-old pleads guilty to inciting others to avoid voting in last year’s election

Magistrate reduces Wong Wah-kwong’s sentence by a third after 63-year-old pleads guilty to inciting others to avoid voting in last year’s election