Sham Shui Po bookstore Book Punch is suspected of persistently selling publications with seditious intent. The Hong Kong Police Force's National Security Department arrested four people on March 24 on suspicion of violating Section 24 of the law for safeguarding national security—"knowingly selling publications with seditious intent"—and seized a number of the allegedly seditious books at the scene. Those arrested are understood to include the bookstore manager and three female staff members.
Sources say Book Punch bookshop has long been selling publications with seditious intent. Among the seized books allegedly deemed seditious is a so‑called biography of Jimmy Lai written by former Next Media director Mark L. Clifford. The book, the report says, distorts the facts to glorify Lai's collusion with foreign forces in endangering national security, attacks and smears members of the SAR judiciary, vilifies the SAR government's detention arrangements for Lai, and deliberately denigrates Hong Kong and the mainland to infiltrate and incite Hong Kong citizens.
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