Hong Kong student indicted for 'seditious' online remarks made in Japan

Broad enforcement of security laws sending chill through overseas community

20230616 HK students

Police officers stand guard in front of West Kowloon Law Courts Building in Hong Kong on June 16. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

PEGGY YE, PAK YIU and KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei staff writers

HONG KONG -- A Hong Kong woman was indicted on Thursday for publishing "seditious" comments online during her stay as a student in Japan.

Yuen Ching-ting, 23, was arrested in early March when she returned from Tokyo to Hong Kong to renew her identity card. When the case became public knowledge in April, it sent a chill through overseas Hong Kong communities as it demonstrated that overseas residents can be targets of the national security law, which was imposed by Beijing in June 2020. 

Sponsored Content

About Sponsored ContentThis content was commissioned by Nikkei's Global Business Bureau.