Hong Kong police arrest 6 journalists for sedition

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Senior exertion of "Stand News" Robson Chan, center, is arrested by constabulary officers successful Hong Kong Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. Hong Kong constabulary said they arrested respective of its staff, including Chan, who is besides caput of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, aboriginal Wednesday greeting for conspiracy to people a seditious publication. (AP Photo) (Uncredited)

HONG KONG – Hong Kong constabulary accidental they person arrested six existent and erstwhile unit members of an online media institution for conspiracy to people a seditious publication.

The arrests happened aboriginal Wednesday and searches of their residences were underway, constabulary said.

Police did not place them but online outlet Stand News posted a video connected Facebook of constabulary officers astatine the location of a lawman exertion to analyse the alleged crime.

The arrests travel arsenic authorities ace down connected dissent successful the semi-autonomous Chinese city. Police charged erstwhile paper steadfast Jimmy Lai with sedition connected Tuesday. His Apple Daily paper unopen down aft its assets were frozen.

They besides travel the removal of sculptures and different artwork from assemblage campuses past week. The works supported ideology and memorialized the victims of China's crackdown connected ideology protesters astatine Beijing's Tiananmen Square successful 1989.

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