A 27-year-old arrested for wearing a protest t-shirt became the first person convicted under Hong Kong's new security law that supports Beijing. Chu Kai-pong was convicted on one charge of doing acts with seditious intent for wearing a T-shirt with the slogan "Liberate Hong Kong,

A Hong Kong man on Monday pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan, becoming the first person convicted under the city's new national security law passed in March. Chu Kai-pong,

Activists hold flags that read 'Free Hong Kong, Revolution Now': The Hong Kong government increased the maximum sentence for sedition to seven years but it can be raised to 10 if the defendant is found to be in collusion with foreign forces. Photograph: Sam Yeh/AFP