Chung and Lam were arrested in December 2021 when national security police raided Stand News’ headquarters, seized its computers, and froze its assets. Hours after the raid, Stand News deleted its entire internet presence. The sweeping attack on the outlet mirrored tactics used by authorities against Apple Daily in June, and were followed just days later by the closure of another independent new outlet, Citizen News.
mandag 2. september 2024
STAND NEWS EDITORS CONVICTED OF SEDITION IN LATEST BLOW TO HONG KONG PRESS FREEDOM
The Hong Kong government dealt yet another blow to the city’s press freedom on Thursday when two former editors of local independent media outlet Stand News were found guilty of sedition. The judge, handpicked by Hong Kong’s chief executive, ruled against the editors, who had spent over 300 days in pre-trial detention and were the first journalists to be convicted in decades.
Chung and Lam were arrested in December 2021 when national security police raided Stand News’ headquarters, seized its computers, and froze its assets. Hours after the raid, Stand News deleted its entire internet presence. The sweeping attack on the outlet mirrored tactics used by authorities against Apple Daily in June, and were followed just days later by the closure of another independent new outlet, Citizen News.
Chung and Lam were arrested in December 2021 when national security police raided Stand News’ headquarters, seized its computers, and froze its assets. Hours after the raid, Stand News deleted its entire internet presence. The sweeping attack on the outlet mirrored tactics used by authorities against Apple Daily in June, and were followed just days later by the closure of another independent new outlet, Citizen News.
