Hong Kong newspaper raid adds to clouds over media in city


Source: nikkei.com nikkei.com

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Hong Kong police raided the offices of Next Digital, publisher of the pro-democracy Apple Daily, on Aug. 10. © Reuters TAKESHI KIHARA, Nikkei staff writer August 11, 2020 01:45 JST | Hong Kong Copy Copied HONG KONG -- Monday's arrest of the pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai under China's new national security law has fanned fears for the press freedom that the territory is supposed to enjoy under the "one country, two systems" framework. The apprehension of the Apple Daily founder and the raid on the offices of its publisher, Next Digital, is seen as an attempt to...