Hong Kong Independent Bookstores to Close After Police Raid
The 50-year-old shop said it will shut after its lease ends, following raids and arrests tied to alleged seditious titles.
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Hong Kong bookstores close as crackdown on ‘seditious’ material widens
HONG KONG, July 29 — A Hong Kong bookshop raided by national security police this month announced on Wednesday that it would close after 50 years in business, while another shut down ahead of schedule.Police searched the two bookshops this month and arrested five people on suspicion of displaying and selling “items with seditious intent”, extending a crackdown on independent bookshops in the city.Greenfield Book Store, a mainstay of the city’s i…
50-year-old Greenfield Bookstore to close following arrests, national security raid
A Hong Kong bookstore whose staff were arrested by national security police two weeks ago has announced its closure. “Our store will be closing after our lease expires. Thank you for walking with us, through wind and rain, for 50 years since our opening,” Greenfield Bookstore said in social media posts in the early hours […]
Independent bookshop of 50 years to close after national security raid
A 50-year-old independent bookshop has announced it will close when its lease ends, following a raid by Hong Kong national security police earlier this month. Greenfield Book Store, located on Sai Yeung Choi Street in Mong Kok, took to social media during the early hours of Wednesday morning to announce its plans to close. “The shop will close down after the end of the lease. Thank you, everyone, for your support over the past 50 years since the…
The Greenfield bookstore in Hong Kong announced today on social media that it will close, two weeks after two space employees were arrested by the national security police.
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