Hong Kong activist found guilty of desecrating Chinese flag after becoming ‘first person arrested’ under new security law

A student thought

A student thought to be the first person arrested under a new national security law passed in June has been found guilty of desecrating the national flag during a street clash with a pro-government group.

Tony Chung Hon-lam, 19, is facing up to three years in jail after a magistrates court in Hong Kong found him guilty of taking part in an illegal assembly and desecrating the Chinese flag. Both charges related to a protest that his now-defunct group held in May last year.

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