HK Police Search Stand News; Denise Ho Also Arrested 港警清晨搜「立場新聞」 拘捕何韻詩等6人

Hong Kong Police's National Security Department conducted a multi-front search of The Stand News' office and arrested 6 current and former senior executives. Former director and Hong Kong singer Denise Ho also confirmed her arrest on Facebook. 

Hong Kong Police's National Security Department arrived at the residence of Ronson Chan, the deputy assignment editor of Internet media The Stand News and current chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, at 6 a.m. on the 29th. They held a court order, charging Chan with violating "conspiracy to publish seditious publications" and arrested him immediately. Chan immediately picked up his mobile phone to broadcast live on Facebook but was quickly stopped by the police. Hong Kong Police sent multiple teams to arrest six former and current high-level executives at The Stand News. 

Hong Kong singer Denise Ho, a former director of The Stand News, also confirmed on Facebook that she was arrested at six in the morning and is now being taken to the Western Police Station. She later reported on Facebook again that she was safe, saying, "I am in a good mood. For friends who care about me, please don't worry." She was originally scheduled to hold seven concerts in Hong Kong from September 6 but the venue canceled her performances without warning. Ho then insisted on holding an online concert. The online concert was originally scheduled to be held on January 2. Now she was arrested and is afraid that her online concert will be canceled. 

According to a report by the Hong Kong Citizen News, besides Ho, 5 more people from The Stand News were also arrested, including former editor-in-chief Robert Chung, former directors Chou Ta-chih, Margaret Ng, and Christine Fang, as well as Chief Editor Lin Shao-tung. Ronson Chan was not on this list. 

The Hong Kong police said the court warrants were issued based on Article 43 of the Hong Kong National Security Law. A total of 200 uniformed and plainclothes police officers were dispatched to search The Stand News' office in Kwun Tong District. The search operation is still ongoing.

 

29日清晨六點，香港警方國安處前往網路媒體《立場新聞》副採訪主任、現任香港記協主席陳朗昇的住所，拿著法庭手令指控違反「串謀發布煽動刊物罪」，要立即拘捕調查，陳朗昇隨即拿起手機在臉書直播，但很快就被警方制止。

身為《立場新聞》前董事的香港歌手何韻詩，也在臉書上證實「早上六點被拘捕，現在被帶往西區警署」。過了一會又在臉書上報平安，表示「我心情OK，請各位關心我的朋友不用擔心。」何韻詩原訂9月6日起要在香港連辦7場演唱會，但場地被迫無預警取消，何韻詩堅持要辦線上演唱會，原本將在1月2日舉行線上演唱會，如今被捕，演唱會恐怕也只能被迫取消。

根據香港媒體《眾新聞》的報導，這次港警逮捕《立場新聞》的6人中，除了前董事何韻詩外，還包含前總編輯鍾沛權、前董事周達致、吳靄儀和方敏生，以及署理總編輯林紹桐共三男三女，副採訪主任陳朗昇並沒有在名單中。

香港警方表示，依據香港國安法第43條實施細則的法庭手令，搜查《立場新聞》位在觀塘區的辦公室，共派出200名軍裝及便衣，搜查行動還在持續中。