The National Security Department of the police yesterday (29th) arrested 7 current or former senior officials and persons involved in the case, and frozen the company's assets of approximately 61 million yuan.
Today (30th) Zhong Peiquan and Lin Shaotong have been charged. The case was brought to the West Kowloon Court in the afternoon. It is understood that the rest of the arrested persons are expected to be released on bail.
Yesterday (29th) the National Security Office of the police launched an operation and arrested 3 men and 3 women who are current or former senior officials of Position News. Those arrested include former Position News editor-in-chief Zhong Peiquan, former acting editor-in-chief Lin Shaotong, and former directors Zhou Dazhi and Wu Ai Yi, Fang Minsheng, He Yunshi.
And also Chen Peimin, the former deputy director of the "Apple Daily" at the Dalan Correctional Institution.
Yesterday afternoon, the police held a press conference. The Senior Superintendent of the National Security Department of the police Li Guihua gave the details and pointed out that the company was involved in publishing a number of inflammatory articles from July 2020 to November this year in an attempt to arouse hatred or hatred of the government and the Hong Kong judiciary. Contempt for the government, arouse dissatisfaction among Hong Kong residents and instigate others to not abide by the law.
Li Guihua also stated that the Director of the Security Bureau issued a notice of freezing assets in accordance with the National Security Law, freezing the company’s assets of approximately 61 million yuan.
Position News stated yesterday (29th) that the police arrested several senior and former senior staff of the company, took many people away to assist in the investigation, and seized several computers and some documents in the Position News Office. The company has provided assistance to the persons involved.
In response to the situation, it was decided to immediately stop operations, including the website and all social media, immediately stop updating, and will be removed within a day; as the acting editor-in-chief Lin Shaotong has resigned, all employees of Position News have been dismissed immediately.
The "Position News" webpage was closed at about 11 pm last night and a suspension announcement was posted. In addition, the "Position News" Facebook page is currently unsearchable, and the Instagram account is not public.
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