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Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily ceases operations after top executives arrested, assets frozen | South China Morning Post

Hongkongers bought their last edition of the Apple Daily on June 24, 2021. The tabloid folded operations after its editor-in-chief, publisher and three other executives were detained on June 17 under the national security law, and its assets were frozen, leaving it unable to pay its staff's salaries. The decision to…

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says Apple Daily raid was not attack on press freedom | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has defended a recent police raid on local newspaper Apple Daily. At a press conference on June 22, 2021, Lam responded to a question about the international outcry following the Jun 17 raid and arrests of the tabloid's editor-in-chief and four others who now face…

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Final edition of Hong Kong tabloid newspaper Apple Daily may be days away | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily could be forced to close as early as June 26, 2021. Authorities have frozen HK$18 million (US$2.32 million) worth of assets that belong to three companies affiliated with the tabloid. If its appeal to the Security Bureau to unfreeze the assets fails, the publication will not be able t…

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