Pro-Beijing Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam hit back at the United States on June 22, accusing U.S. officials of trying to “beautify” actions that endangered national security. Lam was responding to U.S. criticism of the Hong Kong government’s actions against local pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily in her weekly press conference. On June 17, some 500…
Hong Kong Leader Hits Back at US Criticism Over Apple Daily Raids and Arrests
June 22, 2021
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Hong Kong Leader Defends Apple Daily Raid Amid Rising Global Condemnation
June 22, 2021
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Pro-Beijing Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam hit back at the United States on June 22, accusing U.S. officials of trying to “beautify” actions that endangered national security. Lam was responding to U.S. criticism of the Hong Kong government’s actions against local pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily in her weekly press conference. On June 17, some 500…
HK’s Apple Daily to Shut Within Days: Jimmy Lai Adviser
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 Beijing’s national security law, an adviser to jailed owner Jimmy Lai told Reuters on Monday. The closure of Apple Daily would undermine the former British colony’s reputation as an open and…
‘June Is a Month of Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Contrasts: So Let’s Redouble Our Efforts in the Fight for Freedom’: Benedict Rogers
This article was originally written for Apple Daily, as the author’s weekly column for the newspaper’s online English section. However, following the police raid on the newspaper on June 17, 2021, and the arrest of the editor and four senior executives, Apple Daily understandably decided not to publish. It was written the night before the…
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily Says Only Has Cash for Few Weeks After Assets Frozen
HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily said on Sunday the freezing of its assets in a national security probe had left the newspaper with cash for “only a few weeks” of normal operations and it may struggle to pay staff wages. The newspaper, whose chief editor and chief executive have been detained under the…
2 Apple Daily Directors Charged in Hong Kong Under Beijing’s National Security Law
Two Apple Daily executives have been charged under Beijing’s draconian national security law, a day after more than 500 police officers raided the newspaper’s headquarters and arrested five executives. The Apple Daily is one of Hong Kong’s only remaining independent newspapers. According to a Hong Kong government release published after 3 p.m. local time on…
US Condemns Hong Kong Government for ‘Politically Motivated’ Arrests of Apple Daily Executives
The U.S. State Department on Thursday strongly condemned the pro-Beijing Hong Kong government for using the draconian national security law as a political tool to target pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily. On June 17, some 500 Hong Kong police officers raided Apple Daily’s headquarters and arrested five directors of the newspaper including its editor-in-chief. The police…
Hong Kong Police Raid Apple Daily, Arrest Executives
Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily headquarters. Five top executives were seized under the city’s national security law. It marks the second raid in less than a year. The law has also seeped into the city’s movie sector. NTD interviewed a long-time Hollywood producer to get his take. The United States seeks to…
‘We Will Press On’: Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Paper Says After Police Raid, Arrest of Executives
June 17, 2021
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Apple Daily will persist in Hong Kong, even though press freedom is “hanging by a thread,” said the local newspaper in an open letter to readers on Thursday after 500 police raided its headquarters and arrested five of its staff in the morning. Hong Kong police confiscated a large number of journalistic materials and electronic…
‘Shameful Thuggery’: Lawmakers, Governments Decry Police Raid on Hong Kong Newspaper
Western governments and lawmakers condemned a Hong Kong police raid on the pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on June 17, saying it showed Beijing was using a draconian national security law to suppress dissent and silence free press in the city. Five hundred Hong Kong police officers sifted through reporters’ computers and notebooks at the daily….
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