so i know want to police turned up at the home of stan, use deputy, a simon editor, ronson chan. office is telling him to stop recording as they arrived. chan who was chairman of the hong kong journalist association, stood by the now disbanded news organisation. officers amana johan ohio stern uses, been doing professional reporting. there's no doubt about it. the whole world sees, it doesn't matter what charges have been made. i nothing can change. that fact, the hong kong journalist association said it was deeply concerned by the arrests and urge the government to respect the media freedoms that a meant to be safeguarded under the cities. many constitution, the basic law, hong kong chief secretary, john lee shrugged off the criticism, saying journalism cannot be used as a tool against national security. they are the evil anemones that damage pres, rita chinese government in beijing says the security law in hong kong is necessary for stability following political unrest and mass pro democracy protests doesn't have been arrested, prosecuted and jailed since china imposed a legisl

apparently when he was arrested and ronson chan, his the assignment deputy editor and the head of the german association, he's among those who've been apprehended for questioning. stan news is a not for profit independent outlet that was founded in late 2014 in the wake of the umbrella movement. it has some of the pro democracy slants and it arose, i guess from the ashes of house news which are closed down after its owner was threatened with standards is widely read and respected in the city. and just last month, it won a press freedom prize from a policy that borders but a few weeks ago on december 3rd, the security chief quiz tank accused it of being biased, smearing, and demonizing. in its reporting about the cities are smart prisons. one can suggest that they are sending a message, particularly, you know, over the festive period, but you know, at the same time as we're seeing this crap down the authorities, the saying that press freedom was intact in hong kong and nothing has changed. and yet the scenes today very much reflect what we saw just months ago when the apple news websit

the editor in chief, patrick lamb, has been detained, as well as deputy assignment editor ronson chan is also head of the hong kong journalists association. is also my roof and who's a barrister and former pro democracy, politician and local, well known pop singer denise ho served on the board of stand news until she resigned in june or brit. climate is live for us in hong kong. understand? brit. the police have been talking, what are they saying about today's action? hey, well i mean you just have to look up the events and how they've unfolded, say in the morning where the arrests and, and the raid and by the afternoon stand news had announced that it was disbanding, that it would no longer engage with media any more the place held a press conference this afternoon saying that it had frozen 7800000 dollars worth of assets. it said that it also sees subversive articles is not clear exactly what those articles are. but the place said that some of them had intended to split the country. we also heard from hong kong chief secretary, a john lee who back to that place, actions entirely, sa

include editors, including the editor in chief, patrick lamb, and the deputy assignment editor ronson chan, who is also the head of the hong kong journalist association. a former pro democracy, politician and lawyer, margaret m, and a well known cantonese pop singer denise. whoa. who served on the board of stant news until she resigned in june. tom grundy is the co founder and editor in chief of the hong kong free press. he explained to us earlier what he's hearing from his reports as at the scene 6, a wrestling to stand news this morning. we've just heard that there were another for current staff being bought in. for questioning, the rate is still underway. 30 boxes taken away according to one of my staff on the same 200 national security police involved. the acting chief editor, patrick lam, immediately resigned. apparently when he was arrested and run some chance is the assignment deputy editor and the head of the german association. he's among those who've been apprehended for questioning. stan news is a not for profit independent outlet that was founded in late 2014 in the wake of the

reportedly arrested ed, it is including the editor in chief, patrick lam, and deputy assignment editor ronson chan, who is also the head of hong kong journalists association, a barrister and former pro democracy politician margaret, in as well. and as we said, the local woman pop singer, denise ho reserved on the board of stand news until she resigned. in june. samuel joe is with us now from this angela to talk about the founder and president of the campaign for hong kong, a nonpartisan group advocating for american support for human rights and democracy in hong kong. thank you for your time here. they have been arrested on suspicion of publishing a seditious publication. and that's how china sees it, i guess. and that's the problem here with the interpretation of the law. what others may look at says, just good journalism. china went see it that way. well, this is a good exam or clear example of the miss hughes and a dangerous implementation of using sedition laws as a way of strangling a free press and the freedom of expression. and so this is actually a really, sadly, not a surprise. any more o

. >> schifrin: deputy editor ronson chan visited his offices after the raid, and stood by stand's journalismnslated ): stand news has been doing professional reporting, there's no doubt about it, the whole world sees it. >> schifrin: but the world has also seen hong kong target that professional reporting. the largest independent media outlet apple daily shut itself down this august, after a plainclothes police raid last august, and media tycoon jimmy lai, was frog marched out of his own newsroom. this week, authorities added a "seditious publications" accusation to lai's already lengthy charge sheet. also arrested today, stand news board members former democratic legislator margaret ng, and denise ho, who became a pro- democracy activist as part of the 2014 and 2019 protest movements, even though she was one of hong kong's biggest pop stars. we interviewed her in 2019. how does the singer become an activist? >> when they are these youngsters going onto the streets safeguarding the city and giving up their futures for it. >> schifrin: back then, ho was in washington, d.c. with nathan law, th