Hong Kong appeal court rejects early release for first security law challenger
The first person to mount a legal challenge against Hong Kong’s domestic national security law has lost an appeal to overturn a decision barring his early release from prison.
The Court of Appeal ruled in a judgment delivered on Tuesday that the Correctional Services Department was not obliged to consider granting an early discharge to Adam Ma Chun-man after he was “lawfully” sentenced to a term of imprisonment for inciting secession.
The three presiding judges stressed that any sentencing...
