A police officer stands guard outside the West Kowloon court where jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial is taking place in Hong Kong on Aug. 28, 2025. Vernon Yuen/AFP via Getty ImagesHONG KONG—Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested two owners of a bookshop on suspicion of selling seditious publications and receiving funds from foreign political organizations, acting under a recent national security law.The government’s statement, issued early Thursday local time, 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.
Hong Kong Police Arrest Booksellers on Suspicion of Selling Seditious Publications
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