Arrr! Hong Kong scribes be locked up fer spoutin' tales o' rebellion and naughty ideas, savvy?
2024-09-26
Arrr, me hearties! This week, two scribes from the pro-freedom scroll, Stand News, found themselves in Davy Jones' locker, sentenced for the high crimes of "seditious prattlin'" and "wayward thoughts!" Seems the landlubbers can't handle a bit o' free speech on the high seas of news!
Ahoy, me hearties! Gather 'round as I spin ye a yarn from the fair Port of Hong Kong, where two brave scribes, Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, have been shackled for the so-called “seditious” deeds they dared to commit! Aye, these scallywags were found guilty of conspirin’ to spin tales that tickled the fancy of the freedom-thirsty folk!Chung, the former captain of the Stand News ship, be sentenced to 21 moons in the brig, while young Lam, his first mate, got 14 moons to ponder his fate, though a kind wind blew his way with time off fer health reasons. They be the first journalistic buccaneers to taste the salty sea of imprisonment since the crown handed over these waters to the Chinese in ’97.
Their ship, Best Pencil, faced the stormy gales of conviction too! The judge, a stern matey, claimed they weren’t true journalists but mere rebels raisin' a ruckus! With the national security law lurkin’ like a kraken, many a brave soul now fears the ink of dissent. Oh, Chung protested, claimin’, “We only wished to document the tempestuous tides of public interest!”
Thus, the winds of freedom grow ever chillier in these parts, as the ink flows red with the tales of brave hearts now bound!