Hong Kong security chief accuses ex-lawmaker of promoting sedition over article on Stand News
Chris Tang warns Ming Pao, which ran lawyer Margaret Ng’s article, against becoming platform for inciting or supporting illegal activities
Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung also warned Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao, which ran lawyer and ex-lawmaker Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee’s article, against becoming a platform for inciting or supporting illegal activities.
He issued the warning in an open letter to the newspaper on Monday, the same day it published Ng’s article, titled “Kuen, hang in there”.
“Kuen” is believed to refer to Chung Pui-kuen, the former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct Stand News, who was sentenced to 21 months in jail last week for conspiring to publish seditious articles. The article did not use his full name.
Chung, who spent time behind bars while on remand, must remain in prison for another nine months.
Ng in the piece described Kuen as a committed journalist who chose not to plead guilty and instead face a lengthy trial “just to leave a detailed public record of the standards of press freedom under today’s laws”.
