Two Stand News journalists in Hong Kong found guilty of sedition
by Helen Davidson in Taipei and Amy Hawkins from World news | The Guardian on (#6QAYB)
Chris Patten condemns dark day for press freedom' as Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam convicted over 11 articles
Two journalists from the closed Hong Kong media outlet Stand News have been found guilty of conspiring to publish seditious materials - the first such convictions since Hong Kong's return to Chinese control - after a trial that was closely observed as a bellwether for the city's diminishing press freedom.
The former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam were arrested on 29 December 2021 after police raided the outlet's newsroom.
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