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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amy Hawkins and agencies

Hong Kong bookstore staff arrested for allegedly selling ‘seditious’ Jimmy Lai biography, broadcaster reports

Notice outside Book Punch bookstore stating closure for emergency in Hong Kong
A notice reads, ‘Resting for a day due to emergency, sorry for the inconvenience’ outside the door of the Hong Kong bookstore Book Punch, on Tuesday. Photograph: Jessie Pang/Reuters

Hong Kong police arrested a bookstore owner and three shopkeepers on Tuesday for allegedly selling “seditious” publications including a biography of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, broadcaster TVB reported.

The owner of the Book Punch store, Pong Yat-ming, and three staff were accused of selling copies of The Troublemaker, a biography of Lai by one of his former business directors, Mark Clifford, TVB reported.

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