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June 23, 2021 Hong Kongâs leading independent newspaper, Apple Daily, said it was closing down Wednesday and would print its final issue Thursday, succumbing to an unprecedented campaign by the Beijing-backed government to silence a popular tabloid at the center of the cityâs democracy movement. The decision came hours after police arrested a columnist for the paper and days after authorities froze $2.3 million in company assets and arrested five editors and executives under the territoryâs draconian national security law, which was imposed last year by mainland Chinaâs ruling Communist Party. The newspaper is accused of conspiring with foreign countries...
