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Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam hits back on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's condemnation on the closure of the city's pro-democracy media outlet Stand News, saying the police raid and arrests have "nothing to do with" press freedom and that their activities cannot be "condoned under the guise of news reporting." SOUNDBITE
Police take Hong Kong's Stand News editor in chief out of the building where the local media outlet's office is located, and load boxes of evidence into a truck after they raided its office and arrested six current and former staff for "seditious publication". IMAGES
Hong Kong police surround the offices of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily after arresting five of its executives under the city's national security law, including chief editor Ryan Law. [COMPLETES VIDI9CD48N_EN] IMAGES
Hong Kong, Sep 9 (EFE/EPA).- Police from the National Security Department of Hong Kong loaded pieces of evidence Thursday gathered at the closed June 4th Museum.The museum commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.Four members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, the organisers of Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square candlelit vigil, were arrested on September 8, one day after officially refusing to cooperate with a national security investigation. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE)SHOT LIST: POLICE FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT LOAD PIECES OF EVIDENCE INTO A TRUCK IN HONG KONG, CHINA.
Hong Kong, Jul 16 (EFE / EPA) .- (Image: Miguel Cancela) .- The Hong Kong National Security Police raided the University of Hong Kong (HKU) after the university cut ties with the student union for expressing support for the attacker who stabbed an officer before committing suicide.FOOTAGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AFTER THE POLICE RAID
Hong Kong police cordon off the city's main Victoria Park, ordering those playing sports to leave, as China's Communist Party celebrated its centenary which coincides with the 24th anniversary of Hong Kong's 1997 handover to China by colonial Britain. The force said they had seen online calls for people to attend "banned rallies", so they were closing the grounds. IMAGES
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