A man accused of driving a motorcycle into police officers while carrying a Hong Kong protest flag has become the first person to stand trial under the national security law implemented last year as China's central government tightened control over the city.
Tong Ying-kit was arrested on 1 July, 2020, a day after the national security law took effect, for allegedly inciting secession by driving into the crowd of officers while bearing a flag with the slogan"Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times."The slogan was often chanted during anti-government demonstrations in 2019 by protesters demanding broader democratic freedoms.
Under the national security law, a panel of three judges can replace jurors and the city's leader has the power to designate judges to hear such cases.Mr Tong is standing trial at the High Court, where sentences are not capped.
without doubt that was a terrorist act.