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Hong Kong court convicts Stand News, 2 ex-editors of sedition over 17 articles
The court also recorded a not guilty plea from Best Pencil HK, Stand News’ holding company, which was unrepresented in the 55-day trial that began in November 2022.
The two editors had spent at least 11 months incarcerated before securing bail in the middle of the trial.
Stand News is believed to be the first media outlet to be accused of sedition since the pro-Beijing newspaper Ta Kung Pao ran a report vilifying the British colonial government in 1952.
Curbs and threats to press freedom have continued to become a concern among the city’s journalists and observers abroad.
Authorities have made repeated assurances the law would not harm press freedom provided that practitioners abide by the law.
City leader John Lee Ka-chiu, during a press event in May, warned against “provoking quarrels” and “smearing” as he highlighted the news industry’s “heavy social responsibilities” and drew a line between “constructive” and “destructive” journalism.