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More than officers were deployed to search the outlet's newsroom with court authorisation to seize journalistic materials, police said. Around lunchtime on Wednesday, they could be seen hauling boxes from the office.

Former Apple Daily editor Chan Pui-man, the wife of Chung, was the seventh person arrested under the law, police confirmed later in the day. Li would not rule out further arrests, and said some individuals not in Hong Kong had been put on a wanted list.

Announcing its closure, Stand News thanked its readers, saying it was established as a non-profit in December to "take a stand in Hong Kong". Hong Kong has long served as a regional media hub, though it has tumbled down press-freedom rankings in recent years as Beijing asserts greater control over the city.

European Union spokesman Peter Stano wrote on Twitter that the raid and arrests marked "a further deterioration in PressFreedom" in the city. And Kyle Ward, deputy secretary general for Amnesty International, said: "Authorities continue to weaponize Hong Kong's legal system by invoking a colonial-era law of 'seditious publication' and suggesting that articles might be 'inciting secession'. Local authorities complained the bandits were using phones to coordinate among themselves and get information about troop movements from informants in neighbourhood communities.

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In order to improve our community experience, we are temporarily suspending article commenting. Recommended Stories. Business Insider. Both Lam and Chung were denied bail on Thursday, prompting murmurs and tears in a public gallery packed with former Stand News employees.

Their case was adjourned until February Four others arrested -- all Stand News board members who resigned in June, including pop singer Denise Ho -- were released on bail without being formally charged, according to local media. The seventh person arrested, former Apple Daily editor Chan Pui-man, remains in custody as she is facing national security charges in a separate case.

In the raid on Stand News' office, more than officers were deployed with court authorisation to seize journalistic materials. A former Stand News reporter, who had been with the outlet since its founding in , told AFP the arrests left him feeling "empty and helpless". China's foreign ministry hit out at criticism of the arrests on Thursday after the US, Canada and the EU condemned the raid and Beijing's crackdown on press freedom in Hong Kong.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the raid and wider crackdown on press freedom by China and local authorities "undermine Hong Kong's credibility and viability".