The men worked for the organisation Stand News which openly criticised the Chinese government amid a crackdown on dissent in 2019.
A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a closed down news outlet on Thursday, in a sedition case that is widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedom in the city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia.
Stand News was one of the city’s last media outlets that openly criticised the government amid a crackdown on dissent that followed massive pro-democracy protests in 2019.The offence is punishable by up to two years in prison and a fine of 5,000 Hong Kong dollars under a colonial-era sedition law. Judge Kwok Wai-kin is not expected to hand down a sentence on the same day.
Dozens of residents and reporters lined up in the morning to secure a seat for the hearing, which was scheduled for 2.30pm and began an hour late. Mr Chung previously denied that Stand News was a political platform, and emphasised the importance of freedom of speech during the trial.
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