香港候鸟书店称海关扣押 60 余册台湾订购图书：书店称海关 10 月 29 日简复未说明理由，已提交陈述要求归还Hong Kong bookseller Waiting Bird says Customs seized more than 60 books ordered from Taiwan; bookseller says October 29 reply gave no reason, representations filed seeking return

据 Sentinel Defenders Network 11 月 2 日的报道转述候鸟书店的公开声明：该批台湾订购图书原定 10 月 13 日送达，10 月 20 日实际到货时，书店只收到约半箱书，而非预期的两箱。书店称，承运商提供的扣押收据引述《香港国安法》第 43 条实施细则附表 3 第 13B(1) 条；海关随后确认取走了缺失的图书，并于 10 月 29 日作出简短书面回复，但未说明扣押理由。书店表示已提交书面查询与陈述，否认相关图书具有煽动意图并要求归还；其声明未提及已作出没收令。报道同时交代了法律框架：相关扣押权力来自 2026 年 3 月 23 日生效的修订，按政府说明文件与修订文本，海关人员在指定地点执行职务时可扣押合理怀疑具有煽动意图的物品；物主或合资格申索人可在扣押后 60 日内提交书面陈述，海关若维持没收主张须向裁判官申请并举行聆讯，若无人陈述则物品按规则被没收。[1]

中国人权捍卫者（CHRD）11 月 2 日在社交平台发帖转述此事，称香港海关扣押了囚犯支援团体 Waiting Bird 自台湾进口的 60 册图书，理由是涉嫌具有煽动意图，且未作解释；帖文并称此事发生在独立书店接连关闭、香港言论自由受关注的背景下。CHRD 的帖文未提供图书书目与扣押文书细节，与书店声明的 60 余册说法在数量表述上略有出入（60 册与 60 余册），本记录如实并列、不作调和。需要说明的边界：目前公开信息中，扣押事实本身来自书店声明与报道转述，海关确认取走图书的说法亦经由书店转述；海关是否另有公开说明、被扣图书的具体书目与内容、以及书店陈述的后续结果，截至本轮均未见公开报道，本记录将继续跟进。[1][2]

核实说明与去重：本记录的核心事实——候鸟书店 11 月 2 日发表声明、图书原定 10 月 13 日送达而 10 月 20 日仅收到约半箱、承运商扣押收据引述的法律条文、海关 10 月 29 日简复确认取走图书但未说明理由、书店已提交陈述并要求归还且声明未提没收令——来自 Sentinel Defenders Network 11 月 2 日的报道（转述书店公开声明并引述政府说明文件与修订文本）与 CHRD 11 月 2 日的社交平台帖文；书店说法均已归属。本站此前收录的香港书店相关记录均为 2026 年 3 月、6 月、7 月的店内搜查与拘捕事件，与本次入境环节扣押进口图书的事实不同，不构成重复。本记录定性为持续核实，将跟进书店陈述结果与是否进入没收聆讯。[1][2]

According to Sentinel Defenders Network on November 2, 2026, carrying the bookseller public statement: the Taiwan-ordered shipment was due on October 13 but arrived on October 20 as only about half a box of books instead of the expected two boxes. The bookseller said a seizure receipt obtained from its carrier cited section 13B(1) of Schedule 3 to the Implementation Rules for Article 43 of the Hong Kong National Security Law; Customs subsequently confirmed taking the missing books and gave a brief written reply on October 29, but did not explain the reasons for the seizure. The bookseller said it has filed written inquiries and representations disputing that the books have a seditious intention and requesting their return; its statement reports no forfeiture order. The report also sets out the legal framework: the seizure powers came from amendments effective March 23, 2026, under which, according to the government explanatory paper and the amendment text, Customs officers exercising functions at specified locations may seize articles reasonably suspected of having a seditious intention; an owner or other eligible claimant may make written representations within 60 days of seizure, and if Customs maintains that the articles should be forfeited it must apply to a magistrate, who must hold a hearing, while articles are forfeited under the rules where no representations are made. [1]

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) relayed the case in a social media post on November 2, saying Hong Kong Customs seized 60 books imported from Taiwan by the prisoner support group Waiting Bird on suspected seditious intention and gave no explanation, against a background of independent bookshop closures and growing concerns over free speech in Hong Kong. The CHRD post gives no book list or seizure-document details, and its figure of 60 books differs slightly in wording from the bookseller statement of more than 60 books; this record reports both wordings without reconciling them. The boundary must be stated plainly: in the public information available, the seizure itself rests on the bookseller statement and reporting that carried it, and even the account of Customs confirming that it took the books comes via the bookseller; no separate public explanation by Customs, no list or contents of the seized books, and no outcome of the bookseller representations have been seen in public reporting as of this round, and this record will continue to follow them. [1][2]

Verification note and deduplication: the core facts of this record — the bookseller statement of November 2; the shipment due October 13 arriving October 20 as only about half a box; the legal provision cited on the carrier seizure receipt; the October 29 brief Customs reply confirming that the books were taken but giving no reason; and the bookseller written representations seeking return with no forfeiture order mentioned — come from the Sentinel Defenders Network report of November 2 (carrying the bookseller public statement and citing the government explanatory paper and amendment text) and the CHRD social media post of November 2, with the bookseller account attributed throughout. The Hong Kong bookshop records previously carried by this site concern in-shop searches and arrests in March, June and July 2026, which differ in fact from this customs-stage seizure of imported books and are not duplicated here. This record is graded under ongoing verification and will follow the outcome of the bookseller representations and any forfeiture hearing. [1][2]