The former editor-in-chief of Stand News, Chung Pui-kuen, and fellow journalist Patrick Lam were both convicted of sedition in Hong Kong, according to recent reports.
The former editor-in-chief of Stand News, Chung Pui-kuen, and Patrick Lam, his successor at the pro-democracy news site, were both convicted of sedition in Hong Kong as the authorities continue to restrict the free press, per recent reports. 'We didn’t have a hidden agenda, or any other goals that you couldn’t see,' Chung said in his trial last year, according to The New York Times. 'We saw very important events with a lot of public interest; we only wanted to document them.
'He has the most backbone. His sacrifice is very extreme.' 'The verdict could impose an additional chilling effect on the local media industry that has been exercising self-censorship heavily since 2020,' Prof. Eric Lai at Georgetown Center for Asian Law told the outlet. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Chung emphasized his support for freedom of speech and for the free press during his testimony.
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