Hong Kong National Security Police Raid Two Bookstores, Seize Books as "Seditious" Material

Hong Kong's national security police raided two independent bookstores on July 15, 2026, arresting five people on suspicion of offering items with "seditious intention" for sale. Boxes of books were seized as evidence. The operation recalls the 2015 Causeway Bay Books disappearances and extends security enforcement to the physical inventory of bookshops themselves.