Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under new security law
Leading pro-democracy figure detained over alleged foreign collusion as police search Apple Daily offices
One of Hong Kong’s most strident pro-democracy figures has been arrested and the offices of the newspaper he owns searched by police in a stark escalation by authorities enforcing a new national security law brought in by Beijing.
The raid on Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy daily paper, and arrest of Jimmy Lai and other senior executives were condemned by activists and journalists, who said they marked “the day press freedom officially died”.
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