FILE - Chung Pui-kuen, the ex-chief editor of the now shuttered Stand News online outlet, outside the district court, in Hong Kong, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Billy H.C. Kwok, File)

FILE - Then Editor of Stand News Patrick Lam, center, is escorted by police officers into a van after they searched evidence at his office in Hong Kong, Dec. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)