Former Stand News Editors Convicted of Sedition

The District Court convicted today to editors of the now defunct Stan news media Outlet guilty of conspiring to publish seditious articles in a landmark case that could set a tone for the future of Journalism in the city chumon former editorinchief of Stan news and Patrick clam the publication's exacting editor who was absent due to health reasons could is sentenced to a maximum 2 years jail term it was the first edition case targeting journalists in the S since its returning to manance Ru in 1997 in a written judgment District Court Judge Kai King wrote that 11 of the 17 Publications raised by the prosecution were stitious as the court had considered the potential danger to National Security and the actual situation at the time the materials which were published and reproduced between July 2020 in December 2021 included interviews with opposition figures as well as commentaries the Judgment noted that by approving the publication of such articles TR was well aware and agreed with their stitious intent and therefore the court roted him guilty of sedition as for lamb the Judgment stated that when serving as acting Editor in Chief he insisted on publishing a seditious article regardless of the police warning while also publicly voiced support of the anti-extradition bill movement during the Forum Summit and thus is root guy meanwhile best Peno Hong Kong the holding company of St news was also root guilty of the Sedition offense for hiring the two and allowing their behaviors while not the first addition trial since the security law triggered a pleco SE change TR and Lamb's verdict is significant as it is the first to deal directly with journalism and media the verdict originally slated for last October was postponed three times pending an appeal in a separate sedition case sentencing has been adjourned to September 26th and both TR and lamb were freed on bail quiny Yang cable news