Hong Kong police raid two independent bookstores and arrest five people over allegations that the shops sold “seditious” publications, according to multiple outlets citing local reporting. Authorities conduct searches at the bookshops and seize items from the premises. Police say the books have “seditious intention” under Hong Kong’s national security law, and they suspect the materials incite “hatred” against authorities. One of the targeted shops is described as being run by former journalists, and AFP reporters and other media filmed officers removing boxes from the building and leading away a woman in handcuffs. Other reporting states police received alerts about certain books, including those linked to an overseas shipment. Several sources also characterize the operation as part of a continuing pattern of enforcement against independent booksellers. Bloomberg says it is at least the third known case in four months in which the national security law is applied to people involved in books, building on earlier arrests reported by outlets in March and June. The cases focus on suspected content sold or displayed by the bookstores rather than on a specific single title in the reporting summarized here.