Police in Hong Kong carried out raids on two bookshops, arresting five people under suspicion of displaying and selling seditious publications, reports said Wednesday.
The move marks a third round of arrests in a clampdown on independent bookstores, with similar operations conducted in March and June.
The raids are widely seen as an attempt to crush free speech and dissent under the semi-autonomous city's stringent national security law.
What do we know about the Hong Kong bookseller arrests?
According to media reports, police raided Have A Nice Stay bookshop — founded by former journalists — and Greenfield Book Store.
