At the end of last year, the National Security Department of the police arrested the high-level or former high-level personnel of “Stand News” on suspicion of conspiracy to publish seditious publications, and charged its director Zhong Peiquan, former acting editor-in-chief Lin Shaotong and his management company with conspiracy to publish seditious publications . They pleaded not guilty to stand trial and applied to the court for a permanent termination of the hearing. The court has made a decision in the District Court so far (22nd) and rejected the defense’s application and allowed the prosecution to continue the prosecution. The detailed reasons will be announced in the future stated in the judgment of this case.
The three defendants in this case are the company Best Pencil (Hong Kong) Limited, Zhong Peiquan (52 years old, unemployed) and Lin Shaotong (34 years old, editor). They are charged with one count of conspiracy to publish seditious publications. The charge alleges that the three defendants conspired together and conspired with others to publish and/or reproduce seditious publications in Hong Kong between July 7, 2020 and December 29, 2021.
Case number: DCCC 265/2022
