Hong Kong media tycoon critical of China is arrested under new security law

HONG KONG: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai became the highest-profile person arrested under a new national security law on Monday, detained over suspected collusion with foreign forces as around 200 police searched the offices of his Apple Daily newspaper.Mainlandborn Lai, who was smuggled into Hong Kong on a fishing boat when he was a 12-year-old, has been one of the most prominent democracy activists and an ardent critic of Beijing. His arrest comes amid Beijingࢀ™s crackdown against pro-democracy opposition in the city.Beijing said it supported Laiࢀ™s arrest. A spokesman for Chinaࢀ™s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office told the…