The channel also called on people to turn out for illegal assemblies and listed the things that participants should bring along with them, showing prior planning was in the works for riots. The messages also incited people to hurl toxic gas bombs at police and MTR stations, he added. Telegram users themselves will be able to flag and report potentially false content. The administrator of a telegram group, "Suck Channel," was sentenced to six years and six months in prison for seven counts of incitement yesterday. The Standard Channel A Hong Kong protester with a petrol bomb. File photo: Dylan Hollingsworth/HKFP.
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