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Hong kong police raids stand news office in the early morning of december 29, 2021. Image from hong kong citizennews. Used with permission hong kong’s most popular pro-democracy online news outlet, stand news, was raided by over 200 national security police officers in the early morning of december 29, 2021. It announced later in the afternoon that it would cease all operations on its facebook page. Six staff members, including current and former directors, were arrested for conspiring to publish seditious material. The officers cited the crimes ordinance law, which was established during the british colonial era. Other staff members, including accounting staff; kenny leung, feature news editor; ronson chan, deputy assignment editor and the chairperson of the hong kong journalist association, had their apartments searched and were brought to the police station to assist in the investigation. After the raid and arrests [ edit ] Hong kong's pro-democracy stand news online media outlet says it is ceasing operations following a police raid and arrests of current and former editors and board members. The outlet issued a statement wednesday saying its website and social media are no longer being updated and will be taken down. It