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Hong Kong releases media tycoon, others on bail August 12, 2020 ANKARA Following sweeping arrests Monday that triggered a global backlash, Hong Kong authorities have released media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and nine others on bail. Billionaire Apple Daily tabloid founder Lai, his two sons, and seven others, including journalists and activists, were accused of “foreign collusion.†But they were granted bail late Tuesday night and released, reported local daily the South China Morning Post. Hong Kong police also raided office the premises of the daily, a declared “pro-democracy†outlet. The arrests of the media tycoon and others drew a...
