Analysis: the
police raid and closure of the pro-democracy website has left journalists wondering who will be next
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The
Christmas attack on Hong Kong website Stand News was no great surprise in a city where all forms of political opposition are being dismantled wholesale, but the scale, speed and nature of the operation to shutter this pro-democracy website were still shocking.
Over 200 police officers swept into the newsroom, and others fanned out over the city making arrests under a harsh sedition law from the days of
British colonial rule that had been gathering dust for decades.