Pro-democracy DJ Tam Tak-chi has lost a bid to appeal his conviction and 40-month sentence under the city’s colonial-era sedition law, in a case that promises to have far-reaching ramifications for Hong Kong’s legal landscape. Better known as “Fast Beat,” Tam launched his appeal bid last July, after being found guilty of 11 charges, including seven counts of “uttering seditious words,” in March 2022. He was sentenced the following month. The Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled that an intention to incite violence is not an essential element of the offence of sedition, and that “[s]editious inten…
