HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily will be forced to shut"in a matter of days" after authorities froze the company's assets under a sweeping national security law, an adviser to jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai told Reuters on Monday .
"We thought we'd be able to make it to the end of the month," Simon said."It's just getting harder and harder. It's essentially a matter of days." The news comes two days after chief editor Ryan Law, 47, and chief executive Cheung Kim-hung, 59, were denied bail after being charged with collusion with a foreign country.Three other executives were also arrested last Thursday when 500 police officers raided the newspaper's offices in a case that has drawn condemnation from Western nations, global rights groups and the chief UN spokesperson for human rights.Simon told Reuters it had become impossible to conduct banking operations.
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Wonderful news. Put the running dog of America in jail for life
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Salute to journalists who r stilling holding on. PressFreedom
That’s exactly what Taiwan did to CTI too. Isn’t that normal ?
No more freedom of press. Only newspaper controlled by CCP left in HK
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Hardly surprising. Communists do not allow dissenting views. Pity the HKers, the end is nigh.
Thank god. Tabloid paparazzi trash.