Canada condemns arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai as erosion of press freedom

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The move against Jimmy Lai and his Apple Daily newspaper comes amid Beijing’s crackdown against pro-democracy opposition in the city

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.An employee takes a copy of the Apple Daily newspaper, published by Next Media Ltd, with a headline 'Apple Daily will fight on' after media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, its founder, was arrested by the national security unit, in Hong Kong, on Aug. 11, 2020.

The Basic Law is the constitutional document for Hong Kong that is supposed to guarantee autonomy for the former British colony after it was taken over by China in 1997. The Chinese government had pledged in a treaty with Britain that, for 50 years after the handover, Hong Kongers would be guaranteed freedoms not available elsewhere in China, including freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

“The arrest of Lai, who is colourful and ferociously outspoken, is the clearest possible indicator that Hong Kong, which once was a magnet for such people, has become just another Chinese city.”

 

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Well, Canada can shut up about this, if it really like him, it can “invite” him here like Ms Meng ...

A stronger message would be to expand Canada’s Magnitsky Act and sanction Hong Kong government officials and hkpoliceforce.

Canada... it’s like a country... but different...

I bet their press is freer than ours!

Justin nowhere to be seen. We'll send a sternly worded letter.

Trudeau doesn't have them arrested. He bribes them instead. Even took a cut.

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