Hong Kong shutters another news outlet

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The website of the pro-democracy Stand News shut down Wednesday after an early morning raid on the media organization’s office. Stand News said in a statement it had dismissed all employees and would no longer update its website or social media. More than 200 Hong Kong police officers searched the office and detained six current and former editors and board members.

Why the target? Police said they conducted the raid based on a warrant to seize all “journalistic materials” under the territory’s controversial national security law. Officials also froze the company’s assets. Stand News was one of the last remaining pro-democracy outlets in Hong Kong after authorities similarly shut down the Apple Daily newspaper in June. Last week, Hong Kong university campuses removed sculptures and other artwork that memorialized victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

Dig deeper: Read Erica Kwong’s WORLD Magazine report on Hong Kong’s latest election.

Onize Oduah

Onize is WORLD’s Africa reporter and deputy global desk chief. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate and earned a journalism degree from Minnesota State University–Moorhead. Onize resides in Abuja, Nigeria.

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