HONG KONG – Hundreds of Hong Kong national security police raided the office of online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News on Wednesday and arrested six people, including senior staff, for “conspiracy to publish seditious publications”. ADVERTISEMENTPolice said in a statement it was conducting a search with a warrant authorising it “to search and seize relevant journalistic materials”. The search operation is underway,” the statement said. FEATURED STORIESSedition is not a crime under the sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing on the city in June 2020. Authorities say the national security law has restored order after often-violent pro-democracy unrest in 2019 and that it does not curb rights and freedoms.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 29, 2021 16:05 UTC