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Veteran Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu denied bail after being charged with attempting to commit seditious act
- Koo, 75, was arrested on Friday shortly before he planned to stage a protest against Beijing Winter Olympics
- Legal document available at Kowloon City Court does not spell out specific act he is accused of committing
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Veteran Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu was denied bail on Saturday after being taken to court by national security police to face a charge of attempting to commit a seditious act.
The legal document available at Kowloon City Court did not spell out the specific act Koo, 75, was accused of, except that it occurred “on or about the 4th day of February in Hong Kong”.
Koo was arrested on Friday shortly before he planned to stage a protest against the Winter Olympics which opened in Beijing on the same day.
He was charged with one count of “attempting to do or making any preparation to do an act or acts with seditious intention” under the Crimes Ordinance, an offence punishable by up to two years in jail.
Prosecutors argued that by committing the alleged seditious act, Koo had brought, among other things, hatred and contempt against “central authorities” and the Hong Kong government and judiciary.
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