HONG KONG — A Hong Kong citizen was imprisoned on Friday for "seditious" posts on social media, becoming the third person to be imprisoned under a new national security law in the span of two days.

Au Kin-wai, 58, was sentenced to 14 months behind bars after he pleaded guilty to publishing 239 seditious posts on the platforms Facebook, YouTube and X, according to a court document.

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