Chung Pui-kuen
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Chung Pui-kuen | |
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鍾沛權 | |
_2.jpg) Chung in 2024 after convicted | |
| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Alma mater | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Stand News chief editor |
| Criminal charges | Sedition |
Chung Pui-kuen (Chinese: 鍾沛權, born 1969)[1] is a Hong Kong journalist. A former chief editor of Stand News, a defunct Hong Kong online media outlet, Chung was convicted of sedition in 2024, the first since the city was handed over to China in 1997.
Chung read politics and public administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was also part of the student union leadership and edited the school newspaper.[2] After graduated in 1991, he joined Confederation of Trade Unions, the newly founded labour group, as an executive. Chung became a journalist in 1995, working in Ming Pao and later Hong Kong Economic Times as a financial reporter.[3]
In 2012 Chung entered House News, a pro-democracy online media outlet, as the editor-in-chief until it shut down two years later.[3] When Stand News, successor of House News, was established around half a year later in late 2014, Chung continued as the inaugural chief editor.[4] He was also once a member of the board of directors.[3][4] Announcing the launch of Stand News, Chung wrote that the outlet would stand up for values such as democracy and human rights, hence the name, and vowed to speak up for the powerless.[2]
During his nearly seven years in office, Stand News saw a surge in popularity and creditability, especially for its coverage of Hong Kong's democracy protests in 2019.[2] Opinion polls conducted by the Chinese University in 2016 and 2019 placed Stand News as the most credible online media.