HK national security police arrest Apple Daily executives, seize reporting materials By Reuters
By Sharon Tam HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong police arrested five executives of the pro-democracy Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Daily newspaper on Thursday with a warrant to seize journalistic materials for the first time, in the latest blow to Jimmy Lai, the tabloid's owner and a staunch Beijing critic. The warrant, which police said was aimed at gathering evidence for a case involving the national security law that Beijing imposed last year, raises further concerns about media freedoms in the Chinese-ruled city. "This is a blatant attack on the editorial side of Apple Daily. They are arresting editors,"...
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