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Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper shutters amid Beijing-led pro-democracy crackdowns, police raid Hong Kong police had raided the paper's newsroom twice as part of an expanding national security investigation. The Facts Inside Our Reporter’s Notebook Links The New York Times. The owners of Apple Daily, one of Hong Kong's largest and most popular pro-democracy newspapers, said Wednesday it is shuttering operations, amid a crackdown led by the ruling Chinese Communist Party on the mainland on perceived dissent. Owners Next Media said Apple Daily would publish its final copy Thursday, about a week after Hong Kong police raided the paper's newsroom...
