including the current and former editor-in-chief of stand news, and popstar turned democracy activist denise hope former board member. he had seen what was coming back in june. >> i think the situation in the message is clear from the government, that making reports and telling stories will have a criminal result. you will be charged, -- >> pro authority figures in hong kong see stand news as a threat, saying they incite hatred towards the hong kong judicial system, inciting people to use violence and instigating people to disobey the law or legal orders. hong kong's largest pro-democracy paper, the apple daily, was rated and forced to close in june. -- raided and forced to close in june. jim ely was sentenced to 13 months in jail. chinese communist party is shutting down all free press in hong kong the snuff out the last vestiges of democracy in the former british territory. >> let's get more on the situation from someone who knows it well, steve vines, a journalist and broadcaster who lived and worked in hong kong for more than three decades. he joins us now from london. thanks for joining us.

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