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News Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s sole remaining pro-democracy newspaper, said on Wednesday that it was closing after five editors and executives were arrested and its assets were frozen. The paper will publish its last edition on Thursday due to “the current circumstances prevailing in Hong Kong,” parent company Next Media said in a statement. The closure highlights Beijing’s increasing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous city that was long known for its freedom in comparison to mainland China. After huge anti-government protests in 2019 shook the government, Beijing has imposed a strict national security law — used in the arrests...
