Hong Kong bookstore owner, 3 staff held for selling Jimmy Lai biography

2026-03-24 - 14:53

The founder of an independent bookstore in Hong Kong and three staff have been arrested for selling a biography of former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee‐ying and other publications deemed seditious by authorities, the South China Morning Post has learned. Poon Yat-ming, who founded Book Punch in 2020 in Sham Shui Po, was detained along with three female employees. They face accusations of selling seditious publications and breaching the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, a source said on...