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Police raided the office of pro-democracy outlet Stand News and arrested six of its current and former staff for "conspiracy to publish seditious publications."
Police in Hong Kong arrested six senior present and former employees members of a web based media group, authorities mentioned on Wednesday morning. The
Pro-democracy outlet Stand News has announced it will stop operating after police arrested several of its current and former staff for "conspiracy to publish seditious publications."
FREEDOMS CRACKDOWN: Stand News shut just hours after more than 200 police raided its newsroom, froze about US$7.8 million of assets and arrested seven people/ Bloomberg
Stand News, Hong Kong’s biggest remaining pro-democracy news outlet, yesterday announced on Facebook that it would immediately lay off all staff and cease operations, and take down its Web site and social media accounts within days. The move came hours after more than 200 police raided the outlet’s newsroom, froze about HK$61 million (US$7.8 million) of assets and arrested seven people connected to it on a colonial-era sedition law. Those arrested included acting Stand News editor-in-chief Patrick Lam (林紹桐) and Denise Ho (何韻詩), a pop star who had testified about Hong Kong befor...