Hong Kong Police Search Independent Pollster’s Office Days After New Law Introduced

Hong Kong Police Search Independent Pollster’s Office Days After New Law Introduced
Riot police detain a protester during a demonstration against Beijing's national security legislation in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong on May 24, 2020. Vincent Yu/AP Photo
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong police searched the office of an independent political pollster on Friday, more than a week after Beijing imposed sweeping national security legislation that has sent a chill across the former British colony.

Robert Chung told Reuters, authorities arrived at his office late in the evening and he “negotiated” with police to try to understand the basis for the search warrant. He said police copied some information from computers but had not confiscated anything.