Stand News

Stand News (Chinese: 立場新聞) is a free, not-for-profit pro-democracy online news website based in Hong Kong, founded in December 2014 as the successor of House News. It primarily focuses on social and political issues in Hong Kong.

Stand News
Type of site
News
Available inTraditional Chinese
Headquarters
Hong Kong
OwnerBest Pencil (Hong Kong) Ltd.
URLthestandnews.com
Alexa rankGlobal: 2,866
Hong Kong: 84 (Oct 2019)[1]
CommercialNo
RegistrationNone
LaunchedDecember 30, 2014 (2014-12-30)
Current statusActive
Stand News
Traditional Chinese立場新聞
Simplified Chinese立场新闻

Stand News was ranked highest in credibility among online news media in Hong Kong in two surveys conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2019 and 2016.[2]

Background

Stand News was founded after the closure of House News in July 2014. Instead of running the website as a limited company like House News, the owner company of the website, Best Pencil (Hong Kong) Limited, is legally managed by a trust company, while prohibiting any transfer of shares.[3]

Incidents
The moment that Gwyneth Ho, a female journalist of Stand News, was attacked[4] in Yuen Long.

On 24 August, 2018, former Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying filed for defamation against university professor Chung Kim-wah and Stand News in the High Court, alleging that an article in the website associated Leung with the triads is false.[5][6] The article reported a dinner between Leung’s aides and alleged triad members. Chung responded that he would not retract the article, while Stand News chief editor Chung Pui-kuen stated that he does not believe that the article defamed Leung, and also invited Leung to write an article to Stand News.[7]

Incidents during the 2019 Hong Kong protests

During the 2019 Hong Kong protests, Stand News have become a target of the pro-Beijing camp and the Hong Kong Police Force.

On 21 July 2019, in the Yuen Long attack, reporter Gwyneth Ho was attacked during her live-stream report by triad members against the protesters. When the attackers were attacking commuters in the train station, some members turned to attack Ho. She was knocked over and hit by sticks and wooden batons while she continued filming.[8] The news website later reported that she was taken to the hospital for treatment and received stitches.[9]

In 20 December 2019, there was a shooting incident in Jade Plaza in Tai Po. During the reporting of the incident, a policeman hit a Stand News reporter's hands and mobile phone six times with a baton. A few other reporters were attacked by police using pepper spray. Hong Kong Journalists Association condemned the attack and intentional provocation by the Hong Kong Police. [10][11] Senior journalist Yau Ching-Yuen alleged that the police might have known that the victim reporter was working for the Stand News and thus intentionally aimed at the reporter.[12]

On 24 December 2019, a reporter of Stand News, including the recording equipment, was attacked by the police using pepper spray. At that time, the reporter was to interview the situation in Mong Kok regarding the protest activities and conflicts between the police and civilians.[13]

See also

References
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  2. 蘇鑰機 (28 November 2019). "蘇鑰機：香港傳媒公信力：低處未必最低". Ming Pao (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  3. Lam, Apple (2014-12-18). "House News founder Tony Tsoi forms new company Best Pencil". Marketing Interactive. Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  4. "證據確鑿 - 小牛農場負責人陳志祥襲擊立場記者". Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  5. Chan, Holmes (2018-08-24). "Ex-leader CY Leung sues Stand News and university professor for defamation". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  6. Cheng, Kris (2018-08-16). "Ex-chief exec. CY Leung sends legal letters demanding Stand News and scholar retract article". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  7. "CY Leung files libel suit against professor and online news portal". South China Morning Post. 2018-08-24. Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  8. "Hong Kong journalist live streams being attacked at train station". CNA. Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  9. "元朗惡煞群毆記者市民 《立場》記者雙手、右肩、背部受傷 需留院觀察 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞". 立場新聞 Stand News. Archived from the original on 2019-07-21. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  10. "記協批警方敲打《立場》記者手部及手機 予以強烈譴責". hk.news.yahoo.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  11. Https://Www.post852.com, 852郵報 (2019-12-23). "警員用警棍連打《立場》記者手機 江永祥：敲｜852郵報". 852郵報 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  12. Https://Www.post852.com, 852郵報 (2019-12-23). "《立場》記者被警棍打手 游清源質疑警方針對｜852郵報". 852郵報 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  13. "【不平安夜】催淚煙彌漫、汽油彈再現、黑衣男墮樓、百人和你 Shop 被捕 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞". 立場新聞 Stand News. Archived from the original on 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
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