"Police raided Stand News' office earlier in the day after arresting the six, including popular singer and activist Denise Ho, a former board member, on charges of conspiracy to publish a seditious publication," the Associated Press detailed of the raid which involved over 200 officers and the seizure of all suspected "subversive" and "seditious" journalistic materials under last year's national security law.

Hours into the day the news website was no longer being updated, nor its active social media pages. Stand News' HK$61 million in assets have been frozen and all employees dismissed. 

It appears to be part of a new crackdown wave against opposition Honk Kong media, following the June 2021 shuttering of the Apple Daily newspaper in a similar massive police raid which saw its publisher Jimmy Lai and top editors arrested, as HK authorities continue forcing the public firmly in line with "pro-China" policies. 

It's now looking like the crackdown is likely to continue beyond Stand News. The AP writes further, "Early Wednesday, Stand News posted a video on Facebook of police officers at the home of a deputy editor, Ronson Chan."