Hong Kong's Stand News editors and owner convicted of sedition

Human rights groups condemn verdict under 1938 law as latest hit to press freedom

Chung Pui-kuen, former chief editor of the now-shuttered Stand News, leaves the district court on bail on Aug. 29 after being convicted of sedition, along with another editor and the publication's owner. © Reuters

KENJI KAWASE and PEGGY YE, Nikkei staff writers

August 29, 2024 17:50 JST

Updated on August 29, 2024 20:36 JST

HONG KONG -- A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted two former senior editors and the owner of the folded pro-democratic online news outlet Stand News.