Hong Kong police have arrested a journalist and an activist for allegedly acting with seditious intent and spreading false information, according to local media, fuelling fresh concerns over shrinking freedoms. The police identified the pair as a 37-year ...

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Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested a journalist from an online news outlet on suspicion of incitement by spreading disinformation, local media reported, raising concerns about the city's press