Hong Kong’s Conviction of 2 Journalists Is ‘A Direct Attack on Media Freedom’: US State Dept.

Published on August 30, 2024

The Hong Kong government is facing international criticism for curtailing the city’s press freedom after two former editors of a shuttered local news outlet were found guilty of conspiring to publish seditious articles. Stand News’ former editor-in-chief, Chung Pui-kuen, and former acting editor-in-chief, Patrick Lam, were convicted on Aug. 29, marking the first sedition case against journalists in Hong Kong since the city’s handover from Britain to China in 1997. Chung, 54, and Lam, 36, were arrested in December 2021, after more than 200 national security police raided the media outlet’s newsroom. Soon after, the company announced its closure and dismissed all its employees....

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