Hong Kong Police: Eight People Have Been Arrested in Connection With the JPEX Case and a Case Briefing Will Be Held at 4 P.M.

Hong Kong police have arrested 8 people in connection with the JPEX virtual asset trading platform case. A briefing on the case will be held at 4pm today (19th). As of yesterday (18th) at 2pm, a total of 1,408 people have reported cases involving more than 1 billion yuan. This morning, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam expressed her concern about the JPEX case and has requested that the police and Securities and Futures Commission meet with the media this afternoon to explain the relevant events.

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