Hong Kong man jailed for 5 months over Facebook comments about stabbing police chief
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to five months in jail after being found guilty of inciting others to wound the city’s police chief. Wearing an orange down jacket, Chau Kin-kwok appeared at District Court on Wednesday. He was convicted two weeks ago over Facebook comments made in 2020 that suggested people “charge the police headquarters” and referred to the Chinese Communist Party as “tyrants,” and has been in remand since. Before judge Clement Lee delivered the sentence, Chau’s lawyer said he hoped the court could consider handing down a community service order. Reading out the reasons fo...