A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to 14 months in jail after pleading guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan on it.The jail term is the first handed down by the city's court under a new local national security law that was passed in March.

A Hong Kong court has sentenced the first two people under a tough new Hong Kong national security law, including a man who was given 14 months in prison for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan.

A Hong Kong man convicted for wearing a "seditious" T-shirt last year was sentenced to 14 months in jail under the city's new security law that continues to crack down on supporters of anti-government demonstrations.

The first person convicted under a tough new Hong Kong national security law was sentenced on Thursday to 14 months in prison for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan. Chu Kai-pong, 27, wore a shirt on June 12 reading “Liberate Hong Kong,

A Hong Kong court has sentenced a third person convicted of sedition under the domestic national security law to 14 months in prison, ruling he defied the nation’s sovereignty and instigated hatred towards officials with persistent calls for “dictators” Xi Jinping and John Lee Ka-chiu to step down.