Hong Kong bookstore staff arrested for allegedly selling ‘seditious’ Jimmy Lai biography, broadcaster reports

Owner of Book Punch store and three staff accused of selling copies of a biography of Jimmy Lai, a jailed pro-democracy activist and publisher Hong Kong police arrested a bookstore owner and three shopkeepers on Tuesday for allegedly selling “seditious” publications including a biography of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, broadcaster TVB reported. The owner of the Book Punch store, Pong Yat-ming, and three staff were accused of selling copies of The Troublemaker, a biography of Lai by one of h...

By Reuters

Hong Kong bookstore owner, 3 staff held for selling Jimmy Lai biography

The founder of an independent bookstore in Hong Kong and three staff have been arrested for selling a biography of former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee‑ying and other publications deemed seditious by authorities, the South China Morning Post has learned. Pong Yat-ming, who founded Book Punch in 2020 in Sham Shui Po, was detained along with three female employees. They face accusations of selling seditious publications and breaching the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, a source said on...

By Danny Mok

HK police arrest bookstore owner and staff for selling Jimmy Lai biography: Report - The Straits Times

HK police arrest bookstore owner and staff for selling Jimmy Lai biography: Report  The Straits Times