Hong Kong police raid sparks rush on newspaper
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The front page carried a message of defiance, reading: "We must press on."
The paper typically prints about 80,000 copies but increased that to 500,000 to meet demand. Some news stands sold out.
The raid on the newspaper came as two of its executives were charged under Hong Kong's controversial new national security law.
A total of five executives were arrested. Editor-in-chief Ryan Law and chief executive officer Cheung Kim-hung were the two charged.
The other three, Chief Operating Officer Chow Tat-kuen, Deputy Chief Editor Chan Pui-man and Chief Executive Editor Cheung Chi-wai remain under investigation, police said.
Ms Chan was released on bail late on Friday. She told reporters outside the police station she was saddened by the charges against two of her colleagues and said she was proud of staff for publishing the newspaper earlier that day.
Mr Chow and Mr Cheung remain in police custody.
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The front page carried a message of defiance, reading: "We must press on."
The paper typically prints about 80,000 copies but increased that to 500,000 to meet demand. Some news stands sold out.
The raid on the newspaper came as two of its executives were charged under Hong Kong's controversial new national security law.
A total of five executives were arrested. Editor-in-chief Ryan Law and chief executive officer Cheung Kim-hung were the two charged.
The other three, Chief Operating Officer Chow Tat-kuen, Deputy Chief Editor Chan Pui-man and Chief Executive Editor Cheung Chi-wai remain under investigation, police said.
Ms Chan was released on bail late on Friday. She told reporters outside the police station she was saddened by the charges against two of her colleagues and said she was proud of staff for publishing the newspaper earlier that day.
Mr Chow and Mr Cheung remain in police custody.
#hongkong #raid #paper #press #sell #police #sellout #soldout #asia #hongkongpolice #newspaper #stands #demand
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