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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Hong Kong police arrest booksellers on suspicion of selling seditious publications

Hong Kong Bookseller Arrests - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested two people on suspicion of selling seditious publications and receiving funds from foreign political organizations, acting under a recent national security law.

The government’s statement early Thursday did not identify those arrested. But local media outlets, including the Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao, quoted unidentified sources saying one was Hunter Bookstore’s owner Leticia Wong.

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