Hundreds of Hong Kong national security police raided the office of online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News and arrested six people.
Hundreds of Hong Kong national security police raided the office of online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News and arrested six people, including senior staff, for "conspiracy to publish seditious publications".
Sedition is not a crime under the sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing on the city last June. Hong Kong broadcaster TVB said the six people arrested on Wednesday included former board members Margaret Ng, a former democratic legislator, and Denise Ho, a pop singer, as well as acting chief editor Patrick Lam.Stand News posted a video of police arriving at the residence of Ronson Chan, its deputy assignment editor who is also the head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association.
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