Hong Kong police hold 15 people over Next Digital share price surge
Move follows mass buying of shares in show of support for firm’s owner, Jimmy Lai, when he was arrested last month
Hong Kong police have arrested 15 people in relation to the mass buying of Next Digital shares last month as a show of support for the company’s owner, Jimmy Lai, when he was arrested under the national security law.
It comes amid a broader crackdown on dissent and opposition to Beijing, and as Chinese authorities face accusations of denying lawyers access to Hongkongers who were arrested trying to flee to Taiwan by boat.
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