Boom News founder Tang Ho-wing arrested by Hong Kong national security police

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South China Morning Post · collected 2026-09-30 · by Emily Hung

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Hong Kong national security police arrested Tang Ho-wing, founder of the online news outlet Boom News, on suspicion of incitement by spreading disinformation. The arrest took place on a Wednesday morning at approximately 7am; Tang, who is also known as "Boom head" or Bobby and formerly worked for Chinese University Student Press and HK Golden, started Boom News in 2020. At the time of his arrest, Boom News had about 66,000 followers on Instagram.
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Story summary

Tang Ho-wing, founder of Boom News and former journalist with Chinese University Student Press at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, was arrested on Wednesday by Hong Kong national security police. The 37-year-old was taken into custody around 7am, suspected of “incitement by spreading disinformation.” Tang, who also worked for local online forum HK Golden and operates Boom News mainly on social media with over 60,000 Instagram followers, is the first journalist to be arrested under Hong Kong’s homegrown national security law passed in 2024. The arrest follows similar legislation imposed by Beijing after the 2019 protests.

Written for “Hong Kong National Security Arrests” on 2026-10-05, grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.

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Emily Hung
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Boom News Chinese Hong Kong Instagram the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s

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Boom News ORG · 4× Hong Kong GPE · 2× Instagram ORG · 2× Tang Ho-wing PERSON · 2× Bobby PERSON · 1× Chinese NORP · 1× HK Golden ORG · 1× Tang PERSON · 1× the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s ORG · 1×

Narrative

Tang, known to internet users as “Boom head” or Bobby, was previously a journalist with the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s student newspaper, Chinese University Student Press, and the news branch of local online forum HK Golden.
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2026-09-30 · South China Morning Post
Boom News founder Tang Ho-wing arrested by Hong Kong national security police · assertive framing

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Boom News founder Tang Ho-wing arrested by Hong Kong national security police Journalist whose online news outlet has 60,000 Instagram followers arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of “incitement by spreading disinformation” asserted
outlet → arrest → disinformation
Hong Kong national security police have arrested the founder of online media outlet Boom News on suspicion of “incitement by spreading disinformation”, according to a source familiar with the matter. uncertain
police → arrest → matter
The source said journalist Tang Ho-wing, the 37-year-old founder of Boom News, was apprehended at around 7am on Wednesday. asserted
wing → say → Wednesday
Tang, known to internet users as “Boom head” or Bobby, was previously a journalist with the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s student newspaper, Chinese University Student Press, and the news branch of local online forum HK Golden. asserted
Tang → know → Golden
In 2020, he started Boom News, which mainly operates on social media platforms. asserted
which → start → platforms
As of Wednesday morning, the outlet had around 66,000 followers on Instagram. asserted
outlet → have → Instagram
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