Hong Kong Woman Sent to Psychiatric Institution Over Seditious Posters
By Lo Hoi-ying
October 16, 2026
An elderly woman who pasted materials containing pro-independence slogans and Hong Kong’s colonial-era flag outside her flat has been sentenced to three months in a maximum-security psychiatric institution for displaying seditious publications.
West Kowloon Court ordered housewife Yang Chau-ki, 62, to undergo mandatory psychiatric treatment at the Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre on Friday.
She was charged with knowingly displaying publications with seditious intent under Hong Kong’s Article 23 national security law, to which she pleaded not guilty.
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