200 Officers, 6 Arrests: Hong Kong Police Targets "Seditious" News Outlet

Wednesday, 29 December 2021newsdesk

Hong Kong police raided the office of local media outlet Stand News and arrested six current and former staff on Wednesday for "seditious publication". Suppression of Hong Kong's local press has increased in the wake of huge and often violent democracy protests two years ago and the subsequent imposition of a sweeping national security law.

New Delhi, 29 December 2021

As per news report of NDTV, More than 200 officers were deployed to search the Stand News office with court authorisation to seize journalistic materials, police said, confirming six arrests. An AFP reporter saw Stand News acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam being led handcuffed into the office building. Shortly before dawn, Stand News had broadcast live on Facebook that national security police were outside the door of deputy assignment editor Ronson Chan. In the brief video, officers were seen telling Chan they had a warrant to investigate charges of "conspiracy to publish seditious publication" -- under a British colonial-era law. Chan's home was searched, but he was not arrested.

Source - NDTV