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Xinqi SU and Holmes CHAN

'Hit My Heart': Trial Of Hong Kong Editors Leave Journalists In Tears

Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, leaves the district court in Hong Kong (Credit: AFP)

When sedition charges against Hong Kong news editors Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam were first read out in court, former employees of the now-shuttered Stand News broke down in tears in the public gallery.

The courtroom in the landmark trial became a battleground for debate about the merits and limits of press freedom in Hong Kong.

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