Hong Kong Police Raid Bookstore, Arrest Two for Sedition
Hong Kong national security police raided an independent bookstore and arrested two individuals, including a former pro-democracy district councilor, on suspicion of sedition. The arrests are part of an ongoing crackdown under the national security law.
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National security police arrest 2 people at Hong Kong bookshop
Hong Kong national security police have arrested the owner and another person at an independent bookshop for alleged sedition and money laundering. Officers searched Hunter Bookstore in Sham Shui Po on Wednesday and arrested the owner, former district councillor Leticia Wong Man‑huen, and a local man. They were detained on suspicion of committing acts with seditious intent, a police source said. Wong, formerly of the now‑disbanded Civic Party, also allegedly laundered money in breach of the...
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Read full article →Police raid independent bookstore, ex-pro-democracy district councillor arrested for alleged sedition – report
Hong Kong national security police have arrested a former pro-democracy district councillor and raided her Sham Shui Po bookstore for alleged sedition, according to local media reports. Police said in a statement just after midnight on Thursday that a woman, 33, and a man, 32, were arrested on Wednesday. The pair allegedly displayed and sold […]
By Hans Tse
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