Hong Kong protests: Top court acquits first person jailed for carrying zip ties, rules items ‘not instruments fit for unlawful purposes’


Hong Kong’s top court has ruled that zip ties are “not instruments fit for unlawful purposes” under existing legislation, warning that authorities could penalise “thought crimes” otherwise.

Laying down the landmark ruling, five Court of Final Appeal judges on Friday unanimously acquitted the first person jailed for carrying the plastic fasteners during an anti-government protest in 2019.

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