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Hong Kong national security police question journalist who live-streamed officer’s stabbing, ‘looking for possible connection’
- Former Vision Times reporter was filming before the July 1 attack, arousing suspicion, says police source, who confirms travel documents were seized
- Hong Kong Journalists Association says flat was searched with a warrant and electronic devices were seized
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Hong Kong national security police are investigating whether a female journalist has any connection to the July 1 stabbing of an officer outside the Sogo department store in Causeway Bay, a source has said.
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The journalist, who was working for online outlet Vision Times at the time of the attack, was picked up by officers from the force’s National Security Department late on Monday evening.
Pro-establishment figures have suggested the Falun Gong – a religious movement banned in mainland China – is behind the outlet, though ties have not been independently verified. A police source said investigations suggested the journalist was a Falun Gong member.
The source also said police found that the woman had begun filming before the assailant approached and attacked the constable, something that had drawn suspicion.
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The woman was held for questioning at Chai Wan Police Station before being allowed to leave in the early hours of Tuesday.
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