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Hong Kong opposition activist Agnes Chow and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai released on bail | South China Morning Post

Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, the founder of Hong Kong tabloid-style newspaper Apple Daily, was released on bail in the early hours of August 12, 2020, more than 40 hours after he was arrested. Police also released 23-year-old political activist Agnes Chow Ting just before midnight. They were among 10 people arrested under a…

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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai released on bail after arrest under national security law | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was released on bail shortly after midnight on August 12, 2020, two days after being arrested under the city’s new national security law. Lai was mobbed by a large crowd of media and a throng of supporters outside the Mong Kok police station.

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After arrest of media mogul Jimmy Lai, supporters flock to buy Apple Daily and company shares soar | South China Morning Post

Hongkongers came out en masse to buy the local Chinese newspaper Apple Daily the day after its founder, media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, was arrested under the city’s new national security law. Apple Daily parent company Next Digital’s shares shot up by as much as 344 per cent with a turnover of HK$393 million (US$5…

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India’s largest crocodile park in trouble due to coronavirus lockdowns | South China Morning Post

India’s largest crocodile park, the Madras Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology, could be running out of funds in as little as four months as ticket revenues shrink because of the coronavirus lockdown. The restrictions on movements to slow the spread of Covid-19 started in late March and continue in many parts of t…

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Police escort Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai to his yacht after his arrest on security law charges | South China Morning Post

The founder of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, was escorted to his yacht on August 11, 2020, by police who said they were collecting evidence after his arrest on suspicion of violating the city's national security law. The media tycoon was arrested the previous day and faces allegations that he…

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Hong Kong media mogul and opposition activist Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong police force on August 10, 2020, arrested publisher Jimmy Lai and at least six other people. The Apple Daily founder and opposition activist, was arrested for suspected collusion with a foreign country under the national security law the Chinese central government recently enacted in the city. After his ar…

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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong media tycoon and activist Jimmy Lai was arrested on August 10, 2020, at his residence in Ho Man Tin. His top aide Mark Simon wrote on Twitter that Lai had been arrested for “collusion with foreign powers” under the new national security law recently imposed on the city by authorities on the Chinese mainlan…

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