Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media mogul and one of the city's most prominent pro-democracy figures, was arrested on Monday under Beijing's new national security law, a close aide and a police source said.
"Jimmy Lai is being arrested for collusion with foreign powers at this time," Mark Simon, a colleague of Lai's, wrote on Twitter.As of this time the police are in the homes of Mr. Lai and his son executing search warrants.Other members of the group have been detained or taken in for questioning. It’s a press scrum at Mr. Lai’s home now so info locally will come out.
Do you democrats see this ? Is this what you want for our country, a communist regime that can arrest anyone that tells the truth !!! China, you're done !!! The World will not tolerate your abuse of innocent people, you're in for a very rude awakening !!!
Let’s not forget the Australian Federal Police raid on our national broadcaster.
mil8751 Real HongKongers react this way~
Hong Kong's worst fears have come true enabled by COVID.
Freedom of speech is a common language shared by the free world. With the AppleDaily raid & JimmyLai arrest, CCP made a statement on how the regime will only be the enemy of basic human rights. The regime is anti-human in all aspects: A real enemy to humanity after Nazism.
hkfightforhk We are witnessing the birth of an authoritarian city.
kerokero_HKer Although facing the evil Chinazi, NationalSecurityLaw & PoliceBrutality, Hongkongers are not giving up! XiJinPing, CarrieLam, HKPolice, HKGov & CCP Officals must sanctioned! NewEastBerlin HK SOSHK FreeHK HongKongNeedsHelp DefendingHongKong StandWithHongKong
Mr Jimmy Lai is arrested today and charged for critizing ccp under NationalSecurityLaw
background - Mr Lai runs Apple Daily, the last openly anti-CCP paper in HK.
CCP don't like anyone tell truth, so Jimmy Lai is arrested .
CCP maintains dictatorship by restrict citizens from free speech. Surveilance, censor media to control info & propaganda. HK puppet Govt. & police put citizens freedom & justice aside, obey only CCP order to intimidate ppl of HK & the world. standwithHK
China and Hong Kong dictatorship government destroyed Hongkong democracy and freedom by unethical NationalSecurityLaw . They can’t accept any freedom of speech. Please stop China and Hongkong dictator. Please sanction all pro Beijing/ pro dictatorship criminals! StandWithHK
Hong Kong is an obvious police state. HKPF violates the free speech and free press with backup of the CCP 😣. Foreign journalists in 🇭🇰 are also in a danger situation. I hope other free countries can echo 🇺🇸 and implement similar sanctions to HKGov and HKPF officials 😭🙏🏻
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This is a flagrant suppression of pressfreedom in the name of 'national security law.' JimmyLai are telling the truth to the world, but because CCP very hate truth, so he arrested. sure, HK's freedomofspeech already no exist.
Freedom of press is dead under national security law.
CCP uses the national security law to arrest Jimmy and pro democracy HKgers to attack press freedom and revenge the US sanctions. Chinazi CCP_is_terrorist
After the US imposed sanctions on officials who violated human rights in HK, the CCP has always hoped to take retaliatory measures. The evil CCP thought of using HK citizens as a bargaining chip to retaliate. At the same time, media from other democratic camps were prevented from
Hope_LiesIn_Ppl and that shows you the ultimate function of that piece of legislation - a convenient tool for the authorities to silence the opposition, to make political arrests, to conduct unapproved searches, to give HKGestapo unlimited power so as to keep HongKong under authoritarian rule.
Dead of the freedom of press, dead of Hong Kong HongKong China CCP StandWithHongKong
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freedom of press?
ssjdjsjjskw Reporting the truth is a crime in HK now! HK is falling SOSHK SaveAppleDaily StandWithHongKong
HongKongers need support from all over the world.
More and more freedom will be taken away from the people of HK.
If Trump does not step down, the CCP will not stop suppressing Hong Kong. This is also the CCP’s response to US sanctions on Hong Kong. Xi Jinping is clear that Trump will not impose substantive sanctions on the CCP. Hong Kong fell victim to the suppression of the CCP.
Pro democracy media is always the threat to an authoritarian regime JimmyLaiApple appledaily_hk HongKong SOSHK StandWithHongKong HKers
🇨🇳 China Chairman Xi want save his face on US sanction CE Carrie Lam +10 people. But Beijing afraid direct sanction on Americans will escalate more strong US sanctions, so they harassing Jimmy as alternate. Beijing is WEAK.
Apple Daily report the truth for the people of HongKong. CCP is afraid of the truth.
This is how our HKpolice treat media, and they claim that we still have freedom of press! HKPoliceState StandWithHongKong
First global protest against CCP organised by TheNewFederalStateOfChina Sydney, Australia. Take down CCP, protect Australia.
Yes, you read it right, this is the ridiculous law imposed by Beijing authoritarian regime on HK
shiroihamusan CCP is crazy now, they want to kill all the voice that they don't like! HongKong StandWithHongKong JimmyLai appledaily
We know the freedom of speech will be dead someday but we always hv hope n dun wanna admit it. Thanks to hkpolice, we accept the truth today.
LPoyii if thats not PoliceState, i dont know what is
So that’s how HK government treats freedom of the press?
ChrisHaskins34 China is the World's 1 Human Rights Violator.
CCP suppress freedom of HongKong press.CCP_is_terrorist CCPChina
ic409 AFP, Reuters and AP reporters were not allowed to enter the building to cover the news.
Break him out of jail.
Terrible NationalSecurityLaw
China continues stifling the dissent and the world is made to watch this. United Nations has become a puppet.
Announcing end of press freedom in Hong Kong. All journalists will be in jail when reveal the truth.
Equalhongkonger Perfect example of how CCP play with laws. Create a new law and arrest you immediately. Best in class “rule-of-law”
Who will be next? Foreigners in HK seems a nice target as CCP can grab them as hostages.
C9Hker HKPolice trespass without any permission
nothing different what happens locally..we do the same shit..
I wonder what the AFP were doing in the ABC? Playing marbles
This is horrible just what you don’t want to happen.
A very sad day for HK
Reveal the truth of HK gov's act is a crime under CCP regime. We need to safeguard our media and reporting freedom. StandWithHongKong DefendingHongKong NationalSecurityLaw PoliceBrutality HongKongProtests
Check this Chinese propaganda suggesting crackdown on freedoms. Stand up against Chinese Communist Party now or Australia will be the next.
shiroihamusan There is no freedom of speech in HK. SOSHK FreeHongKong
shiroihamusan wt a joke that HK Gov claims there stills freedom of press here.
shiroihamusan JimmyLaiApple has been escorted back the Headquarter of appledaily by the Police.
shiroihamusan Insane move by the ccp
shiroihamusan It’s crazy
Everyone telling the truth is considered as breaching NationalSecurityLaw This is not the first time Jimmy Lai caught for reporting the truth
No freedom of press
A large group of Hong Kong cops have entered the HQ of Apple Daily, the only Beijing-critical mainstream newspaper. This shatters any false hope that there is still freedom and human rights under Beijing's draconian national (aka party) security law.
That's why CCP and HongKong officials deserve the sanctions Tyranny is always tyranny StandWithHongKong to support that
Shocking. Unlike the rest of media moguls, Jimmy is the only one who dares to challenge the CCP and support HK pro-democracy movement. SOSHK StandWithHongKong
Jimmy arrested for collusive anti-china propaganda for the USA. Julian Assange arrested for exposing the truth about the USA terrorist acts...
Supporting democracy is a crime under the rule of CCP
The erratic behavior of Carrie Lam with her goons has once again trying to destroy freedom of speech from the media and journalists.
Emporer Xi and the CCP Imperial court will continue to force Hong Kong & the PRC people into 1950s Soviet Communism as it's the only way they can see they will remain in power. It's not about the Chinese people it's about privilege and power of a few. China you need to raise up.
Good news! Throw this piece of S into the jail for life!
Is this the so-called freedom of press asserted by the totalitarian regime? Exterminating all dissidents by groundless accusations? Sounds like CCP is telling the world that ‘I don’t care about your condemnation’ by their continuous atrocities and retaliation.
PeterCoNET CCP’s retaliation of US sanction is the arrest of the media tycoon and an attempt to destroy the pro-democracy newspaper and press freedom as a whole. Another example of how NationalSecurityLaw used for suppression.
It has begun😔
Frightening
Nazi Germany all over again
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