HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Thursday (Aug 29) is expected to hand down verdicts against two editors of a now-defunct online media outlet for conspiring to publish seditious articles in a case that has drawn international scrutiny.
Chung Pui-kuen, former chief editor of the now-shuttered Stand News, and Patrick Lam, former acting chief editor, leave the District Court during the hearing on charges of conspiring to publish seditious publications, in Hong Kong, China on June 27, 2023.HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Thursday is expected to hand down verdicts against two editors of a now-defunct online media outlet for conspiring to publish seditious articles in a case that has drawn international scrutiny.
It is a case that critics, including the US government, say reflects deteriorating media freedoms under a years-long national security crackdown in the China-ruled city. Its top editors, Chung Pui-kuen, 54, Patrick Lam, 36, and the outlet's parent company Best Pencil Ltd, were all charged with conspiracy to publish seditious publications in connection with 17 news articles and commentaries between July 2020 and December 2021.During the 57-day trial, government prosecutor Laura Ng alleged Stand News had acted as a political platform to promote "illegal" ideologies and incited readers' hatred against the Chinese and Hong Kong governments.
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