Hong Kong police arrest Boom News founder Tang Ho-wing on sedition suspicion

Hong Kong national security police arrested independent journalist Tang Ho-wing, founder of Boom News, on 30 September 2026 on suspicion of incitement by spreading disinformation. Police are pursuing the case as alleged sedition under Hong Kong's Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. The scope of the alleged disinformation remains unclear, and scrutiny of small independent outlets is likely to grow.