HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai and raided the publisher’s headquarters on Monday in the highest-profile use yet of the new national security law Beijing imposed on the city in June. Lai, 71, owns popular tabloid Apple Daily and is an outspoken pro-democracy figure in Hong Kong who regularly criticizes China’s authoritarian rule. Over a hundred police also raided Next Digital’s headquarters in Hong Kong, entering the newsroom and searching the desks. Next Digital operates the Apple Daily tabloid, which Lai founded in 1995, ahead of Britain’s handover of Hong Kong to China. Law had relocated to Britain in July to continue international advocacy work for Hong Kong.

Source: Manila Times August 10, 2020 04:07 UTC