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Apple Daily, © AP/Press Association Images Share this article 23/06/2021 | 17:33 PM By Zen Soo and Matthew Cheng, Associated Press Hong Kong’s sole remaining pro-democracy newspaper will publish its last edition on Thursday, forced to shut down after five editors and executives were arrested and millions of dollars in its assets were frozen. The board of directors of Apple Daily parent company Next Media said in a statement on Wednesday that the print and online editions would cease due to “the current circumstances prevailing in Hong Kong”. The silencing of a prominent pro-democracy voice is the latest sign of...
