Hong Kong booksellers arrested for 'seditious publications' as Jimmy Lai's biography seized

The owner of one of Hong Kong's last independent bookshops has been arrested and books including Jimmy Lai's biography seized, local media have reported.

National security police arrested Book Punch's owner Pong Yat-ming and three female staff on Tuesday, Ming Pao News, the South China Morning Post and TVB reported. They were arrested for "knowingly selling seditious publications.