The Hong Kong government has proposed raising the maximum penalty for sedition to seven years in jail, up from the current two years, while offenders found to have colluded with an “external force” in committing sedition may face a maximum of 10 years behind bars. According to the proposed bill for the enactment of legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law – Hong Kong’s homegrown security law – “seditious intention” is defined as inciting hatred against the “fundamental system of the state” established by China’s Constitution. If the Safeguarding National Security Bill passes the oppositio…
