A Hong Kong court on Dec. 30 denied bail to two former senior editors from Stand News charged with conspiracy to publish “seditious” material. They were among seven arrested a day earlier in a police crackdown on their pro-democracy media outlet that drew international condemnation. Chung Pui-kuen, the outlet’s former chief editor, was the only defendant who appeared in the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court Thursday. Patrict Lam, who was acting editor-in-chief at Hong Kong’s Stand News before he resigned following his arrest on Wednesday, applied for bail by his lawyer as he was in hospital. The same charge was brought against Best Pencil (Hong Kong) Limited, the organization behind the now-shuttered Stand News. The independent online media outlet announced it would shutter operations on Wednesday, hours after 200 national security officers raided its office, froze its assets worth roughly $7.8 million, and arrested two current and former editors and four …