Nhà bán sách Wait Bird ở Hồng Kông cho biết Hải quan đã thu giữ hơn 60 cuốn sách đặt hàng từ Đài Loan; Người bán sách cho biết câu trả lời ngày 29 tháng 10 không có lý do, các đại diện đã nộp đơn yêu cầu trả lại

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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. Người bán sách cho biết biên lai thu giữ từ nhà cung cấp đã trích dẫn mục 13B(1) của Phụ lục 3 về Quy tắc thực hiện Điều 43 của Luật An ninh Quốc gia Hồng Kông; Hải quan sau đó xác nhận đã lấy số sách bị thất lạc và có văn bản trả lời ngắn gọn vào ngày 29/10 nhưng không giải thích lý do thu giữ. Người bán sách cho biết họ đã gửi văn bản yêu cầu và phản đối rằng những cuốn sách này có mục đích nổi loạn và yêu cầu trả lại sách; tuyên bố của nó báo cáo không có lệnh tịch thu. 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]