Appellant warns ‘extraordinary’ ban blocks informed decisions before voting, while government argues it lies beyond constitutional review
2-MIN READ2-MINBrian WongPublished: 9:04pm, 20 May 2026Hong Kong’s top court has been asked to abolish an “extraordinary” and “inexplicable” law prohibiting calls to boycott the city’s “patriots-only” elections on the grounds that it violates residents’ rights to express disapproval of the political system and to make informed decisions before voting.
He initially challenged the legality of the charge but later pleaded guilty after a deputy magistrate ruled that the ban on inciting others to boycott or cast invalid votes during specified election periods was constitutional.
The Court of First Instance dismissed an appeal stemming from that constitutional challenge last year.
