Over 200 police officers from Hong Kong’s National Security Department raided the offices of online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News on Dec. 29, while arresting six current and former staff members. They were arrested for “conspiracy to publish seditious publications,” the Hong Kong government announced in a statement. The announcement did not name the six individuals, except that they were three men and three women, aged between 34 and 73. The conspiracy charge is not a crime under the city’s draconian national security law. According to the statement, the six were accused of breaching the city’s colonial Crimes Ordinance. One of the arrested was Ronson Chan, Stand News’s deputy assignment editor, according to Stand News, which published a video on its Facebook page showing that the police arrived at his home at around 6 a.m. local time. Chan is currently also the chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKFA). …