{"id":387761,"date":"2021-12-30T20:10:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T17:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/two-hong-kong-news-editors-charged-with-sedition\/"},"modified":"2021-12-30T20:10:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T17:10:08","slug":"two-hong-kong-news-editors-charged-with-sedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/two-hong-kong-news-editors-charged-with-sedition\/","title":{"rendered":"#Two Hong Kong news editors charged with sedition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Two Hong Kong <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> editors charged with sedition<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Two top editors at shuttered Hong Kong pro-democracy website Stand News were charged with sedition and denied bail on Thursday, one day after police raided the outlet\u2019s offices and forced it to close.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>National security police charged former editors Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam with conspiracy to publish a seditious publication and planned to charge the company as well, the charge sheet said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the raid on Stand News\u2019 offices and the arrest of the publication\u2019s staffers and called on officials in Hong Kong and China to release them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u201dJournalism is not sedition. We call on PRC and Hong Kong authorities to cease targeting Hong Kong\u2019s free and independent <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> and to immediately release those journalists and media executives who have been unjustly detained and charge\u200bd,\u201d Blinken said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/\u200bwww.state.gov\/stand-news-arrests-and-closure\/\">statement<\/a> that used the acronym for the People\u2019s Republic of China. \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the statement, Blinken credited an independent media and the free flow of information with helping to make Hong Kong \u201ca global center for finance, trade, education, and culture.\u200b\u201d\u200b\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/blinken.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.\" class=\"wp-image-20661206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/blinken.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/blinken.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/blinken.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the arrests.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/patrick-lam-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Editor of Stand News Patrick Lam, center, is escorted by police officers into a van.\" class=\"wp-image-20661193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/patrick-lam-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/patrick-lam-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/patrick-lam-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Editor of Stand News Patrick Lam (center) is escorted by police officers into a van.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c\u200bBy silencing independent media, PRC and local authorities undermine Hong Kong\u2019s credibility and viability. A confident government that is unafraid of the truth embraces a free press\u200b,\u201d America\u2019s top diplomat said. \u200b<\/p>\n<p>But Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defended the arrests, saying they had \u201cnothing to do with so-called suppression of press freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said \u201cseditious acts and activities and inciting other people through other acts and activities could not be condoned under the guise of news reporting\u200b.\u200b\u201d\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/carrie-lam.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Carrie Lam speaking to the press.\" class=\"wp-image-20661216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/carrie-lam.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/carrie-lam.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/carrie-lam.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hong Kong\u2019s Chief Executive Carrie Lam claimed the arrests had \u201cnothing to do with so-called suppression of press freedom.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/chung-pui-kuen.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Editor-in-chief of Stand News Chung Pui-kuen arrives at Lai Chi Kok Reception Center after being charged and denied bail on December 30, 2021 in Hong Kong.\" class=\"wp-image-20661502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/chung-pui-kuen.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/chung-pui-kuen.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/chung-pui-kuen.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Editor-in-chief of Stand News Chung Pui-kuen arrives at Lai Chi Kok Reception Center after being charged and denied bail on December 30, 2021, in Hong Kong.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Four former members of the Stand News board \u2014 former democratic legislator Margaret Ng, pop star Denise Ho, Chow Tat-chi and Christine Fang \u2014 were released on police bail pending further investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong has been cracking down on dissent using a national security law passed in June 2020 intended to curb criticism of the ruling Communist Party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0\u200bharsh\u00a0law criminalizes \u201csecession, subversion, organization and perpetration of terrorist activities, and collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/denise-ho-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Four former Stand News members leaving the police station after their release.\" class=\"wp-image-20661223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/denise-ho-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/denise-ho-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/denise-ho-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Four former members of Stand News, including singer Denise Ho (center), are seen leaving the police station after being released on bail.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A\u200bpple Daily, Hong Kong\u2019s last pro-democracy newspaper, closed in June after five editors and executives were arrested and authorities froze millions of dollars in its assets.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong is semi-autonomous but China has been exerting more control following anti-government protests that began in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stand News, which was established in 2014, ceased operations Wednesday following the raid, the arrests and the seizure of assets worth about $7.82 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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