Nat. Security Police Reportedly Arrest Independent Journalist over ‘Fake News’
Tang Ho-wing, founder of Boom News, was detained on suspicion of spreading disinformation, with the outlet drawing about 66,000 Instagram followers.
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Nat. security police reportedly arrest independent journalist over ‘fake news’
Hong Kong’s national security police have reportedly arrested an independent journalist behind an online news outlet on suspicion of publishing fake news. According to a report by Sing Tao Headline on Wednesday, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force carried out the arrest of journalist Tang Ho-wing, who runs the online news […]
Boom News founder Tang Ho-wing arrested by Hong Kong national security police
Hong Kong national security police have arrested the founder of online media outlet Boom News on suspicion of “incitement by spreading disinformation”, according to a source familiar with the matter. The source said journalist Tang Ho-wing, the 37-year-old founder of Boom News, was apprehended at around 7am on Wednesday. Tang, known to internet users as “Boom head” or Bobby, was previously a journalist with the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s …
Hong Kong police's National Security Department arrested Tang Ho-wing, founder of the online media outlet "Afro," and a citizen named Lee Ying-tzu on Wednesday (30th). Multiple media outlets cited sources indicating that the two are suspected of engaging in seditious conduct outside Prince Edward Station on August 31st, violating the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. To date, eight people have been arrested for the same incident. Accordi…
Tang Ho-wing, founder of the Hong Kong online media outlet Boom News, was arrested by the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force at around 7 a.m. today (August 30). It is understood that the arrest is related to "spreading false information and inciting unrest outside Prince Edward Station on August 31." Including earlier arrests, the National Security Department has now arrested at least five people.
[Cable News] News: Police National Security Department arrests Tang Ho-wing, founder of the online media outlet "Afro," for allegedly spreading false information and inciting unrest.
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