A 61-year-old retired woman was remanded after a court said it could not determine whether she was fit to plead in a case involving alleged displays at her Tin Shui Wai home. Yang Qiuqi appeared at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court on 7 September 2026. So Wai-kwan, a designated national security law judge and chief magistrate, adjourned the case to 21 September and ordered psychiatric reports.
Yang faces one count of knowingly publishing or displaying a publication with a seditious intention. Ming Pao reported that the charge is under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. The charge remains an allegation, and the reports do not indicate any finding of guilt.
The prosecution alleges that between 23 March and 4 November 2024, inclusive, Yang put up flags and items bearing or containing statements on the entrance door and living-room window of a flat in Tin Shui Wai, as well as in the corridor outside the flat. It is also alleged that she publicly displayed the items.
The prosecution alleges that the displays were intended to provoke hatred or contempt for the fundamental system established by the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, or for Hong Kong’s constitutional order and its executive, legislative or judicial institutions. It also alleges that they were intended to incite others to attempt, through unlawful means, to change matters lawfully determined by the Central Government or enacted by the Hong Kong SAR, and to create hatred or hostility between sections of Hong Kong residents or between residents of different parts of China.
Yang was remanded pending the next hearing. Ming Pao reported that she was held at Siu Lam Psychiatric Treatment Centre, while two psychiatric reports were being sought.
The case is scheduled to return to the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court on 21 September. The reports do not state whether Yang has entered a plea or whether the case will proceed to trial.