My former colleague has just been arrested and so has media tycoon Jimmy Lai. Beijing is stepping up its attack on press freedom in Hong Kong

.Soon after Beijing disqualified pro- democracy political candidates, cancelled the cityࢀ™s legislative election and planned to impose a rubber-stamp legislature, media newsrooms have become its new target.One month after the national security law was put in place, Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai was arrested for ࢀœcolluding with foreign forces and uttering seditious wordsࢀ. His Apply Daily ࢀ˜s offices were raided by hundreds of police officers, with reportersࢀ™ desks rifled through, computers and files seized and all staff and reporters checked. Given Apply Daily is one of the remaining critical voices in the city, Beijing is now launching the…