On the afternoon of 29 december, hong kong's online media “ position news”, which had publicly published several articles inciting violence, announced that it was no longer operational, including that the website and all social media would be immediately updated and deleted today, and that all employees would be disbanded immediately。
According to the national security department of the hong kong police service, seven high-ranking or former “position news” officers, including three men and four women, were arrested in the course of a law enforcement operation that morning, between the ages of 34 and 73. The seven above-mentioned persons are suspected of conspiracy to publish publications in violation of sections 9 and 10 of the crimes ordinance。
In addition, the senior commissioner of national security of the hong kong police service, li guihua, stated that the chief security officer of the hong kong sar government was acting in accordance with the hong kong lawNational security actArticle 43, schedule iii of the rules of implementation, which provides for the freezing of assets of approximately hk$61 million in “position news”, is the largest number ever detected by the national security department of the hong kong police。
