BREAKING: Hong Kong's pro-democracy Stand News online media outlet says it is ceasing operations following a police raid and arrests of current and former editors and board members.
Stand News said in a statement that its website and social media are no longer being updated and will be taken down. It said all employees have been dismissed.
More than 200 officers were involved in the search, police said. They had a warrant to seize relevant journalistic materials under a national security law enacted last year. A Facebook post early Wednesday morning on Ho’s account confirmed that she was being arrested. A subsequent message posted on her behalf said she was OK and urged friends and supporters not to worry about her.Early Wednesday, Stand News posted a video on Facebook of police officers at the home of a deputy editor, Ronson Chan. Chan, who is also chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, was taken away for questioning, the organization confirmed in a statement.
Police charged the Apple Daily’s Lai, who is already jailed on other charges, with sedition on Tuesday. “The Hong Kong Journalists Association is deeply concerned that the police have repeatedly arrested senior members of the media and searched the offices of news organizations containing large quantities of journalistic materials within a year,” it said in a statement.
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