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Hong Kong pro-democracy news site closes after raid, arrests

Police raided Stand News’ office after arresting the six, including popular singer and activist Denise Ho, a former board member, on charges of conspiracy to publish a seditious publication

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Editor of Stand News Patrick Lam, centre, after arrest on Wednesday. Pic/AP

Editor of Stand News Patrick Lam, centre, after arrest on Wednesday. Pic/AP

A vocal pro-democracy website in Hong Kong shut down Wednesday after police raided its office and arrested six current and former editors and board members in a continuing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.

Stand News said in a statement that its website and social media are no longer being updated and will be taken down. It said all employees have been dismissed. The outlet was one of the last remaining openly critical voices in Hong Kong following the shuttering of the Apple Daily newspaper, which closed after its publisher, Jimmy Lai, and top editors were arrested and its assets frozen. 

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