Apple Daily vows to continue publication despite tycoon Jimmy Lai’s arrest in Hong Kong
Newspaper’s owner is accused of sedition, criminal fraud and colluding with foreign forces under new security law
10 August 2020 - 18:06
Hong Kong — Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai became the highest-profile person to have been arrested under a new national security law on Monday, over suspected collusion with foreign forces as about 200 police officers searched the offices of his Apple Daily newspaper.
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 Beijing...
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