After a Year in Custody, Former Stand News Editor-in-Chief Granted Bail

After a Year in Custody, Former Stand News Editor-in-Chief Granted Bail
A police van carrying Stand News former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen leaves West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, after he was denied bail in Hong Kong, on Dec. 30, 2021. Sung Pi-lung/The Epoch Times
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Chung Pui-kuen, former editor-in-chief of Stand News, which ceased operation at the end of 2021, was granted bail on Dec. 13. He was arrested at the end of December 2021 and held in custody for nearly a year.

The prosecution submitted over 1,000 pages of undisclosed documents for the first time last month during Chung’s trial. The defense stated that the new and hefty paper load might affect the cross-examination and thus applied for a one-month postponement. The trial resumed on Dec. 13, 2022, at District Court.