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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By James Pomfret

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Editor for liberal hong kong media outlet out on bail after year behind bars - The Untold Story

Former Stand News editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen leaves the court after release on bail over his charge of conspiring to publish "Seditious Publications" in Hong Kong, December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

The former editor of a major Hong Kong media outlet, who stands accused of publishing seditious materials in a landmark press freedom case in the China-ruled city, was released on bail on Tueesday after being remanded in custody for nearly a year.

Chung Pui-kuen, 52, the former editor in chief of the now-shuttered liberal news site Stand News, was granted bail by district court judge Kwok Wai-kin.

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