6 Hongkongers Arrested by National Security Police for Selling Pro-Democracy Protest Materials at New Year Fair

6 Hongkongers Arrested by National Security Police for Selling Pro-Democracy Protest Materials at New Year Fair
A group of police officers block the entrance of the market, in Mongkok, Hong Kong, on Jan 17, 2023. Lau Kong Yip/The Epoch Times
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On Jan. 17, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police raided a fair booth selling promotional materials and products related to the 2019 anti-extradition law amendment bill movement during Lunar New Year and arrested six people for sedition.

The booth in the case is “Shame On You Grocery Store,”  in the Hermitage Bazaar in Mongkok, which was part of the yellow economic circle (businesses in Hong Kong that support the 2019–2020 protests in the city).