The two journalists were editors at the now inoperative news outlet, Stand News media. Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam had published articles on China’s crackdown on civil liberties in the city.
According to a BBC report, Chung was sentenced to 21 months while Lam was given 11 months, although he was released on medical grounds. Stand News publisher, Best Pencil was fined HK$5,000 .The case is the first sedition case since the handing over of Hong Kong from Britain to China in 1997.
The journalists were charged by the archaic colonial-era law rather than the more controversial and newer national security law. The United States has also called out the prosecutions of journalists in Hong Kong, saying that the case “creates a chilling effect on others in the press and media”.
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