Huang Wenxuan, the head of Hong Kong's "Hunter Bookstore", and his wife were arrested on charges of seditious publications and were allowed to post bail

Huang Wenxuan (pictured), the person in charge of the independent bookstore "Hunter Bookstore" in Hong Kong, and her husband were arrested by the National Security Division of the Hong Kong Police and accused of selling publications with seditious intent. (AP file photo)

Huang Wenxuan, the head of the Hong Kong independent bookstore "Hunter Bookstore", and her husband were recently arrested by the National Security Division of the Hong Kong police on suspicion of selling publications with seditious intent. According to reports, the two people were allowed to post bail and leave the police station this afternoon after being detained for two days.

The Hong Kong government issued a press release on the 25th, stating that the National Security Department of the Police Force raided a shop in Sham Shui Po on the 24th and arrested the persons in charge, a 33-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man. The two persons are suspected of violating Section 24 of the "Maintenance of National Security Ordinance", which is the crime of committing an act with seditious intent with seditious intent, and Section 25 of the "Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance", which deals with the crime of property known or believed to represent proceeds from indictable crimes (commonly known as money laundering).

The Hong Kong government said that police investigation revealed that the arrested person was suspected of displaying items with seditious intent in the store and selling publications with seditious intent, including inciting others to cause hatred towards the Hong Kong SAR government, judiciary and law enforcement agencies.

The two were suspected of receiving multiple remittances from foreign political organizations. The police seized a batch of "items, books and documents with seditious intent" from his shop and residence.

Hong Kong online media Court Line reported that Huang Wenxuan and her husband were allowed to post bail and leave the police station in the afternoon. In response to a reporter's question, Huang Wenxuan said, "When I get home, I can sort myself out."

In March this year, Pang Yiming, the person in charge of "One Punch Bookstore", another independent bookstore in Hong Kong, and three clerks were arrested. At that time, Hong Kong media quoted information that the store was suspected of selling publications with seditious intent. Hong Kong police seized a batch of "books with seditious intent" at the scene, including Jimmy Lai's biography The Troublemaker, written in English. The Chinese version of the book is "The Biography of Jimmy Lai: From Billionaire to China's Most Feared Critic."