Hong Kong court to rule on ex-Stand News editor’s appeal bid against sedition conviction in 6 months
A Hong Kong appellate court will rule within six months on a bid by a former Stand News editor to overturn his sedition conviction, following intense debate over whether an article published by the now-defunct media outlet stoked hatred against the authorities. Former Stand News acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam has sought to overturn his conviction […]
Hong Kong's appellate court will rule within six months on former Stand News editor Patrick Lam's bid to overturn his sedition conviction, following a contentious debate over whether his newspaper's reporting incited hatred against the authorities. The case centers around 17 articles published by Stand News in 2020 and 2021, which authorities deemed seditious, with a trial judge ruling that 11 of them stoked hatred against the government.
Lam's legal team argues that only one of the problematic articles was published under his watch, and that the article in question featured interviews with CUHK students expressing their feelings of despair and invasion following clashes with police in 2019. However, the appellate judges have expressed skepticism about news outlets publishing "obviously wrong" claims, potentially complicating Lam's appeal.
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