Hong Kong man who barricaded entrance to government headquarters last year sent back to jail after appeal court lengthens sentence

Court of Appeal finds the original magistrateࢀ™s reasoning had been ࢀ˜arbitraryࢀ™, and that a deterrent sentence was required Defendant Yu Ka-kui must serve another 6à‚½ months in jail after already completing his previous two-week term Court of Appeal finds the original magistrateࢀ™s reasoning had been ࢀ˜arbitraryࢀ™, and that a deterrent sentence was required. A Hong Kong merchant who admitted barricading the entrance to government headquarters during a protest last year saw his jail term go from two weeks to seven months after an appellate court ruled a punitive sentence was necessary to deter offences constituting ࢀœa frontal attackࢀ on authorities….