    The National Security Department (NSD) of the Hong Kong Police Force arrested a 57-year-old man in Hung Hom yesterday (November 12) on suspicion of committing “knowingly publishing publications that had a seditious intention” in contravention of Section 24 of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.
    The investigation revealed that the arrested man was suspected of repeatedly publishing posts with seditious intentions on social platforms, with content provoking hatred towards the Central Authorities and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as well as inciting violence.
    NSD today (November 13) morning officially laid charge against a 57-year-old man with one count of “knowingly publishing publications that had a seditious intention”. The case will be mentioned at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts this afternoon.
    Police remind members of the public that “knowingly publishing publications that had a seditious intention” is a serious crime. Offenders shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years on first conviction. Members of the public are urged not to defy the law.
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