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Hong Kong appoints committee to investigate councillor’s sex crime conviction

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia

Hong Kong authorities have appointed a five-member supervisory committee to investigate the conviction of a district councillor for having sex with a 13-year-old girl 15 years ago. Yuen Long district councillor Sei Chun-hing, 39, is the first elected officeholder to face possible imprisonment for a criminal offence since Beijing’s 2021 electoral overhaul, which restricted candidates to those vetted as “patriots”. The offence is punishable by up to five years in jail.. Secretary for Home and...

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