14th October 2026 – (Hong Kong) A woman in her sixties accused of knowingly publishing or displaying publications with seditious intent was found to have a case to answer as proceedings opened at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts. The charge alleges that between 23rd March and 4th November 2024, at a unit in Tin Chung Court, Tin Shui Wai, she displayed materials said to incite hatred against the state and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. National security officers told the court they discovered three sheets affixed near the front door bearing the former Hong Kong colonial flag and slogans including calls to expel the Communist Party and certain security staff, while outward‑facing windows allegedly carried the colonial and Commonwealth flags. Investigators also reported finding publications relating to the 2019 protest period on a bookshelf.
The defendant, Yeung Chiu‑ki, 61, a retired resident who appeared without legal representation, denied the charge. In a video‑recorded interview played by the prosecution, she said the postings were prompted by an alleged assault by a downstairs security guard whom she described as a new immigrant from the mainland. When cross‑examining an officer, she argued that her high‑floor unit sits roughly 100 metres from the opposite block, contending that few, if any, could have seen the flags from the street and remarking that the display could scarcely “incite the birds”. The officer disagreed, stating the flags were positioned to face outwards.
After hearing the opening evidence, the magistrate ruled that the prosecution had established a prima facie case.