Friday, June 18, 2021

#HONGKONG: Police Arrested Top Executives Of Newspaper Critical Of Government

[world politics news]


Hong Kong’s national security police have arrested two executives and three news staff of Apple Daily, the only pro-democracy newspaper in the city, for foreign collusion, and raided its office.

Media say over 500 police officers swarmed the building during the arrests.

CEO Cheung Kim-hung, COO Royston Chow, Chief Editor Ryan Law, Associate Publisher Chan Pui-man and Platform Director of Apple Daily Digital Cheung Chi-wai were taken by police officers early on Thursday morning. 

They are accused of breaking Article 29 of the Beijing-imposed national security law, which prohibits “collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security.” Police say they wrote op-eds and stories encouraging foreign sanctions on China.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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