Lui Sai-yu lost his appeal against a five-year sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to inciting secession in the city.
Jailed university student Lui Sai-yu has lost his bid to reduce his five-year sentence for inciting secession in a landmark ruling by Hong Kong’s top court
But his guilty plea did not get him a one-third reduction in the length of his imprisonment – as in many other cases under Hong Kong’s common law system – because the security law imposed minimum jail terms for serious offences. Journalists wait outside Hong Kong’s Final Court of Appeal for the judgment in Lui Sai-yu’s bid to have his sentence reduced
But she amended the sentence after the prosecution argued that the crime Lui committed was of a serious nature and therefore the minimum penalty should be five years.Eric Lai, a visiting researcher from King’s College London’s School of Law, said local laws under the city’s common law system do not usually set out minimum sentences in accordance with the seriousness of the case. That is more commonly seen in Chinese laws.Lui was not a prominent pro-democracy activist.
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