A Hong Kong man has been jailed for two months for sharing a social media post urging residents to shun last year’s Legislative Council election.
Security guard Wong Wah-kwong, 63, pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Court on Wednesday to inciting others to boycott the December poll – the second under a Beijing-imposed “patriots-only” election overhaul in 2021.
Wong admitted sharing a Facebook post dated October 15 last year by fugitive activist Alan Keung Ka-wai, who urged Hongkongers to avoid taking part in the poll for the “illegal” legislature.
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Portraying himself as the chairman of a so-called Hong Kong Parliament – an overseas organisation deemed subversive by local authorities – Keung insisted that voting in the poll would be equivalent to condoning political suppression and persecution.
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“I only see a bunch of eunuchs and slaves – God knows where they [expletive] come from – competing in the election like crazy. So [expletive] disgusting!” he wrote.