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Hong Kong internet radio personality ‘Giggs’ charged with seditious intent after being arrested by national security police

  • The arrest is the second for radio host Wan Yiu-sing, who was accused of money laundering and violating the national security law last year
  • Police, meanwhile, did not offer details on Sunday as to what acts had constituted the offence

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Internet radio host Wan Yiu-sing, better known as ‘Giggs’, was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of having ‘seditious intent’. Photo: YouTube
Jeffie Lam

An internet radio host linked to a fundraising campaign that paid for young Hong Kong protesters to study in Taiwan will appear in court on Monday after being charged with four counts of seditious intent.

Wan Yiu-sing, better known as “Giggs”, a programme host on the internet radio channel D100, was arrested for a second time by national security police on Sunday over the allegations. He was first arrested alongside his assistant last November on suspicion of money laundering and aiding secession under the national security law. His wife was also accused of money laundering at the time.

In a statement, the force confirmed that a 52-year-old man had been charged with four counts of seditious intent, and that the case would be mentioned at West Kowloon Court on Monday. It did not, however, reveal what acts had constituted the alleged offence.

Police escort online radio host Wan Yiu-sing to North Point Police Station last year following his arrest on suspicion of money laundering and violating the national security law. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Police escort online radio host Wan Yiu-sing to North Point Police Station last year following his arrest on suspicion of money laundering and violating the national security law. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Section 10 of the Crimes Ordinance forbids doing, attempting to do or conspiring to do any act with seditious intention. It also outlaws the uttering of any seditious words and the printing, display or import of any seditious publication. First-time offenders face a fine of HK$5,000 (US$645) and imprisonment for up to two years.

Wan launched the online radio show A Thousand Fathers and Mothers: Taiwan Education Aid last February, using it to discuss topics in support of the 2019 anti-government protest movement and to call on viewers to donate funds for the education and living expenses of young Hong Kong protesters fleeing to Taiwan.
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