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Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrives at Wanchai District Court ahead of a ruling in a landmark sedition trial. It's the first case of its kind since the city came under Chinese rule in 1997. IMAGES
Police take Hong Kong's Stand News editor in chief out of the building where the local media outlet's office is located, and load boxes of evidence into a truck after they raided its office and arrested six current and former staff for "seditious publication". IMAGES
The US says it is "alarmed" after Hong Kong legislators fast-tracked a new national security law that introduces penalties such as life imprisonment for crimes related to treason and insurrection, and up to 20 years in jail for the theft of state secrets. "We believe that these kinds of actions have the potential to accelerate the closing of Hong Kong’s once open society," US Department of State deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel tells reporters during a press briefing. SOUNDBITE
John Lee was sworn in as the new Chief Executive of Hong Kong by Chinese President Xi Jinping during an oath-taking ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain. IMAGES
Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam holds a meeting with her newly-confirmed successor John Lee, who was anointed the city's next leader after 99 percent of a small committee comprising of 0.02 of the city's population voted in support of him on Sunday. IMAGES
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