HONG KONG (REUTERS) - Hong Kong's Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday (Aug 11) to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing, promising to 'fight on' in a front-page headline above an image of Lai in handcuffs.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing, promising to"fight on" in a front-page headline above an image of Lai in handcuffs.
Dozens of people queued for the paper in the working-class neighbourhood of Mong Kok as early as 2am local time."What the police did yesterday interfered with press freedom brutally," said 45-year-old Kim Yau as she bought a copy.Lai was detained over suspected collusion with foreign forces as about 200 police searched the newspaper's offices, collecting 25 boxes of evidence.
Mainland-born Lai, who was smuggled into Hong Kong on a fishing boat when he was a penniless 12-year-old, has been one of the most prominent democracy activists in the Chinese-ruled city and an ardent critic of Communist Party rule in Beijing.
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