Hong Kong court to sentence 2 former editors found guilty of sedition in landmark case

FILE - Chung Pui-kuen, former chief editor of the now-shuttered Stand News, and Patrick Lam, former acting chief editor, leave the District Court during the hearing on charges of conspiring to publish seditious publications, in Hong Kong, China, on June 27, 2023.

A Hong Kong court is due to sentence two former editors on Thursday who have been found guilty of sedition after publishing articles about the national security crackdown in the city under China — a ruling that has prompted an international outcry.