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Ex-editors of Hong Kong's news outlet charged under anti-sedition law, denied bail

Hong Kong, December 31 (ANI): The two editors of now-defunct Hong Kong's non-profit news outlet Stand News have been denied bail by the court here and ordered to remain in custody after they were officially charged with allegedly conspiring to publish seditious publications, a media report said.

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Stand News acting chief editor Patrick Lam. (Image credit: Reuters)

Hong Kong, December 31 (ANI): The two editors of now-defunct Hong Kong's non-profit news outlet Stand News have been denied bail by the court here and ordered to remain in custody after they were officially charged with allegedly conspiring to publish seditious publications, a media report said.
Stand News' former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen, 52, was brought to West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on Thursday afternoon after being detained by police overnight. His co-defendant, 34-year-old Patrick Lam - who recently stepped down as the acting chief editor of the independent news source - did not make an appearance owing to health reasons, reported Hong Kong Free Press.
The two editors are among several people who were arrested by the police on Wednesday on suspicion of allegedly violating the colonial-era Crimes Ordinance.
Among the other arrestees were prominent barrister Margaret Ng, Cantopop singer Denise Ho, Christine Fang and Chow Tat-chi, who were former directors of Stand News. They were released on police bail in the late afternoon on Thursday without charge, said the publication.
Best Pencil (Hong Kong) Limited - which owns Stand News - as well as Chung and Lam stand accused of conspiring together, and with others, to publish or reproduce seditious publications, according to the police charge sheet, said Hong Kong Free Press.
The arrest draws criticism from the West with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying that journalism is not sedition.
"The Hong Kong government's Wednesday raid and arrest of seven senior staff at Stand News have forced yet another of the few remaining bastions of free and independent media in Hong Kong to cease operations. Journalism is not sedition," Blinken said on Wednesday. (ANI)

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