Former chief editor Chung Pui-kuen, right, and former acting editor Patrick Lam, left, of the now-defunct independent media outlet Stand News leave the court on the last day of the publication’s sedition trial closing statements in Hong Kong, June 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)
Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong’s now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrivies at the Wanchai District Court ahead of a verdict in a landmark sedition trial in Hong Kong on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Billy H.C. Kwok)
Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong’s now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrivies at the Wanchai District Court ahead of a verdict in a landmark sedition trial in Hong Kong on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Billy H.C. Kwok)
Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong’s now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrivies at the Wanchai District Court ahead of a verdict in a landmark sedition trial in Hong Kong on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Billy H.C. Kwok)