by Andrew Chen
Canada’s foreign affairs minister says her government is “deeply concerned” by the arrest of a Canadian citizen and her media colleagues in Hong Kong, while parliamentarians in Canada are asking for swift action to ensure her release.
Denise Ho, a popular singer and prominent pro-democracy activist, was taken from her residence by the Hong Kong national security police at around 6 a.m. local time on Dec. 29, according to her Facebook page.
Early Wednesday, over 200 police officers raided the offices of Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet Stand News—where Ho was once a board member—and arrested several other directors and journalists for “conspiracy to publish seditious materials.”…