HONG KONG -- A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced a man to 14 months in prison for wearing a T-shirt with "seditious" wording, marking the first application of the city's new national security ordinance.
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Hong Kong jails man 14 months for 'seditious' T-shirt
First Article 23 sentence comes as city spars with West, shows fealty to Beijing
Hong Kong's West Kowloon Court sentenced a 27-year-old man for wearing a "seditious" T-shirt and mask on Sept. 19, in the first conviction under the city's Article 23 security legislation. (Photo by Peggy Ye)
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