Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested over alleged foreign collusion

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Leading pro-democracy figure detained under controversial new national security law

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Later on Monday morning Mark Simon, Lai’s top aide, tweeted that police were executing a search warrant on the newsroom floor of Apple Daily’s offices.

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WeNeedAppleDaily SUPPORT APPLE DAILY! It is obvious a political repression. The govt is afraid of the truth, so they want to take away the freedom of speech of HK people. They have to pay for it!

StandWithHongKong The only way to save the brave Hong Kong people and the world is to take down the CCP! Do what we can,step by step:

Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong ✋☝️

The AppleDaily raid & JimmyLai arrest is a statement made by the CCP: that they will never align with what is considered to be fundamental/universal in the free world - Freedom; Democracy. The intl community will need to hold CCP accountable and see this regime for what it is

Doesn't look like compelling journalism. 'Daddy Xi?'. I mean, really.

They are arresting jimmylai ChowTing and checking the reporters stuffs wifout any permit! It’s illegal! NationalSecurityLaw hk hongkong AllLivesMatter covid19 freehk CCPVirus CCPChina PoliceBrutality HKPoliceBruality HKPoliceState PoliceState losing FreedomOfSpeech

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

kerokero_HKer Hongkonger is under HumanitarianCrisis now :( Pls dont give up HK in this big crisis, HKer not surrender! Still fighting for justice, HumanRight & democracy! Dear world, pls StandWithHK! SOSHK FreeHK HongKong HongKongNeedsHelp NationalSecurityLaw DefendingHongKong

CCP wants AppleDaily could be shutdown under national security law, because AppleDaily is the only newspaper that will criticize CCP and HongKong government. We should admit that there is no freedom of press in HK anymore. Many HK media are controlled by pro-Beijing parties

This is crazy CCP NationalSecurityLaw

We need your headlines! Thanks for your concerns!

Today, say goodbye to press freedom in Hong Kong. Who's/what's next? HongKongNeedsHelp StandWithHongKong

Another step by CCP to crush HongKong but Hongkonger will never surrender

The raid of appledaily & the arrest of jimmylai is unlawful, unjust and against the fundamental human rights shared by the free world . It only shows CCP’s determination to fully stifle the freedom of press/speech in HongKong, and shows how much this regime is a disgrace🤮🤬

The arrest of JimmyLai is purely political driven and a tool for the CCP tyranny to subdue dissents. World, we need to stand up against the tyranny and StandWithHongKong! Let's fight the good fight. Repeal NationalSecurityLaw. HKHRDA MagnitskyAct

Everyone who criticizes the CCP and Hong Kong regime can be regarded as violating the so-called national security law.

CCP will never let you speak

let it go the NBA and social justice players are ok with the suppression of democracy in Hong Kong so it must be ok

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

How ridiculous is! Pressconference StandWithHongKong

CCP is highly afraid of truth-telling media.

Further deprivation of freedom of media in HK by HKPoliceTerrorists as instructed by CCPChina

If you speak the truth which CCP doesn’t like, you will be arrested for violating NationalSecurityLaw .

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

They can't silent us all!!! SanctionChina StandWithHongKong

So the deterrent force of the US sanctions is not strong enough HongKong

NationalSecurityLaws, a unlimited law. Of ccp didnt like you, you will under arrest by this law

Heavy international sanction on Red China and Hong Kong officials is needed.

Not only free speech, all the rights that a civilian should have are dead in HK. onecountryonesystem

Freedom of press and freedom of speech are just lies under the One Country One System. Hong Kong is no longer she once was under the National Security law. No human rights can be protected by the basic law. Please continue to StandWithHongKong.

Hundreds of police officers searched appledaily_hk office after JimmyLaiApple was arrested. At the same time, media like rthk_enews StandNewsHK AFP Reuters were not allowed to enter the office for reporting. PressFreedom is dead under NationalSecurityLaw WeNeedAppleDaily

This is a political persecution by CCP!

JimmyLai's 2 sons were arrested too (by association?), and the restaurants they own were also raided by police without a search warrant, all of these look more like INTIMIDATION than a legitimate operation. HongKong NationalSecurityLaw

Countless sentences can added to him.

When 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

It's terror of public power and CCP's retribution about Jimmy Lai. Chinese evil law kills Hong Kong's one country two systems. DefendPressFreedom CCP_is_terrorist

😡he fairly reports the truth in these years, and that is an unacceptable behaviour in the eyes of Communist China. Sad! CCP_is_terrorist

Jason07446286 No press freedom in Hong Kong under NationalSecurityLaw esp when hk police have rights to select which media reporting.

Jimmy represent the freedom of speech in HK

An Era of white terror is coming CCP_is_terrorist StandWithHongKong

Hongkongers we must win, even it is against the odds. Yes, we MUST. The ccp is going to torture us to teach its slaves (the people of the 'republic') a lesson on fighting back. we fight till the very end. Remember if we burn, ccp you burn with us! StandWithHongKong

insane ! StandWithHongKong HKPoliceState freedomOfPress

Thanks for covering this and for putting the story on the front page of your website. However, please could the copy be looked at again? There are many mistakes, including of people's names, which ought not to have escaped editing.

He sow what he gets. Utilise his free speech in irresponsible way. Throw in brink.

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this is totally ridiculous

There is no more freedom of press under CCP. devilcops

I know perfectly this kind of feelings and emotions that are the same that I felt in 1995 when I made public the Tienanmen Square Massacre in China. PrayforChinesePeople

Chinese wet regime violence for animals and people. keep the regime far from the Uk

CCP cant think of any tactics in fighting back the US sanctions...this is the last resort to counterattack, as making journalists hostage under the national security law. StandWithHongKong AppleDaily NationalSecurityLaw

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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.

CCP already destroy the Sino-British Joint Declaration. We request that influential countries will defeat CCP with practical actions asap.

NationalSecurityLaw is just an excuse to arrest all people with opposing views

And now they come for the journalists. Local media and int’l news agency, like AFP, Reuters aren’t allowed to enter to the HQ of Apple daily for coverage. SOSHK

Liberty or die StandWithHongKong

sanctions made to CCP Legislating party of HKNSL

What happened in Uyguer now happen in HK

shiroihamusan CCPChina revenges the sanction of America by using NationalSecurityLaw We can perdict that more pro democracy activists will be arrested in the future.

Now CCP want to do media censorship in HongKong.In authoritarian regime criticism is forbidden. The NSL aims to repress anyone that CCP dislike. And the NSL allow arbitrary arrest and freezing bank acc Please StandWithHongKong. freejimmylai freedomOfExpression MagnitskyAct

IchBinEinHongKonger

We hope every country to stand up, get united and fight against CCP. What China have done today is an alarming signal to the liberal world - CCP ambition to control human freedom never stop. CCPmustfall HKIndependence

Please stop CCP. Apply Daily will not the only one who got suppress.

Police force has entered the HQ of Apple Daily and arrested several staffs. No more press freedom in HK.

Brits are mad. They really lost the colony this time.

Hong Kong belongs to Hong Kong people☺️Hong Kong do not belongs to minions of the Chinese Communist Party😏

Absolutely absurd to arrest a prominent figure in an int'l hub for foreign collusion. CCPChina is closing its last real window to the free world

That is how to suppress freedom of speech and press

shiroihamusan CCP is crazy now, they want to kill all the voice that they don't like! HongKong StandWithHongKong JimmyLai appledaily

CCP intensified suppressing freedom of the press in HK. If we don't stop CCP today, they will eliminate all media of dissent tomorrow. Free JimmyLai Free AppleDaily Save FreedomOfSpeech

shiroihamusan It is a fake crime. Ridiculous to see a truth telling and objective reporting media would be detained merely becoz it does not follow the propaganda of CCPChina . Press freedom is totally dead in HongKong , the world should know and react to the unacceptable regime

Hong Kong no longer exists. It is China now. Thank the old British HK for having given HKgers freedom and freedom of speech!

The tyranny regime wanna to destroy separation of powers, in the past we were really proud of our press. When will we take back the control 😢 TheFourthEstate freejimmylai

The CCP is fucking crazy. Hong Kong is now a warning. The free world needs to take the next step.

Help hongkong standwithhongkong FightForFreedom FreeHongKong

So that’s how HK government treats freedom of the press?

prove that free speech is dead in hk StandWithHongKong

Freedom of speech, press, election...etc. CCP is simply a threat to freedom.

StandWithHongKong

First global protest against CCP organised by TheNewFederalStateOfChina Sydney, Australia. Take down CCP, protect Australia,protect Hongkong people!

Meanwhile HongKong police refuse international media incl Reuters AFPASIA AP to enter appledaily_hk HQ to report and monitor the raid

freehongkong StandWithHongKong hongkong

Freedom of press is a joke

truth is danger to totalitarian state

Less & less people talk about the worsening situation in HongKong It doesn't mean HongKongers are becoming indifferent They are just afraid of being arrested for colluding with foreign forces under HongKongSecurityLaw like JimmyLai !

This is nonsense. If one day there is no more 'foreign influence' in HK, it is not the HK as we have known it.

Yes, for China and CCP, they don't really cooperate with the rest of free world

HongKong is totally off. No more freedom in HK now. HongKongers, even non-HongKonger are not safe in HongKong since the NationalSecurityLaw Welcome to a HKPoliceState and NewWestBerlin PressFreedom FreedomOfSpeech freedomOfExpression

Hooray!

Pro-China parties say UK also have NationalSecurityLaw . But you won’t see UK gov storm in a Chinese media like this. Wake up! It is regime. Suppression of FreedomOfPress

No more press freedom in HongKong

The CCPChina arrest Jimmy Lai to suppress freedom of news, and take Jimmy Lai hostage and threaten the US, just like the case of Meng Wanzhou.

the death of press freedom in hk

This is white terrorism. With breaching the freedom of press in Hong Kong. Countries who embrace democracy and freedom shall help Hongkongers to fight against dictatorship. We join hands and stand together to resist EVIL China Communist killing human’s rights and freedom.

dorobou0 Foreign collusion my ass, that’s another excuse for CCP to closing down the biggest Pro-Democracy media in Hong Kong. China has bren targeting JimmyLaiApple & appledaily_hk for years

small_littlelam realDonaldTrump BorisJohnson The real face of CCP. Even Soviet Union did not dare to be fully against the United States.But CCP dare! The free world must join together against fascist-communist China.

ccp is not holding back, to conquer the free world

Just another means to suppress FreedomOfPress

Pls don’t let him disappear

Given JimmyLaiApple is a British citizen, I fear CCPChina will, among other things, hold him hostage as retaliation of UK 'stance on issues like the Huawei

JimmyLai is definitely a brave man who still dares to criticise the CCP after the enactment of the evil security law. World’s attention is much needed and concrete actions must be taken by the int’l community to make those violating human rights accountable.

Police also arrested Lai' sons and the administrators of appledaily. It's raid of news freedom and 抄家.

The arrest happened right after US sanctions. Jimmy Lai is known for batting on the international line. Undoubtedly it is a 'revenge' by CCP to intimidate the world.

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shiroihamusan The puppet HK Government don't care about the control of the serious outbreak of CCP virus in Hong Kong. The lives of Hongkongers are not their concerns. They only care are the money and the political matters to support the CCP regime. shameless and despicable....

Ccp cops be like: We are bring peace, plz do not resist lol

CCP did this just to show its own patriots in china that it have strike back against the US.

As a Hongkonger, my dream is simple but difficult.. So difficult for HK to have justice, HumanRight, liberty & democracy.. But We’re still fighting! Help us! No more PoliceBrutality, evil CCP Chinazi Totalitarianism! SOSHK FreeHK DefendingHongKong StandWithHongKong

This marks the end of the freedom of press in Hong Kong 😢

free HK

The white terror is spreading quickly in Hong Kong

CCP and HKG are like a pair of mad dogs turned out of control, keep barking and biting any of their opponent. It’s pretty sad to see they can mess up their reputations within this short period of time. Please bless HK!

Just an excuse to silence the media. Shame on CCP who fears the truth!

Woohoo!

NationalSecurityLaw is eroding HK, no matter freedom of speech, freedom of press and freedom to protest. What CCP did is trying to threaten all democracy fighters from by WhiteTerror

Saynotochina

PoliceState

It reminds me of Taiwan before its democratization the time when draconian martial laws were still in effect the time when the police could search and seize editor room without warrant

Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Press in Hong Kong Died: 10th August Cause: Chinese Communist Party

Jimmy Lai once claimed in a Taiwan TV show - 'We need the support of the CIA, we need the support of the US… The support of foreign forces is very important to us. ' He is just an agent of the US govt. He fought for money, not democracy.

This shows that the freedom of speech and the freedom of press are under threat in Hong Kong. We hope that the British government could response quickly and sanction Hong Kong officials, who have destroyed freedom and the rule of law in Hong Kong

When the freedom of press, freedom of speech is undermined like this in Hong Kong. Sanctions must be imposed by the free world.

No press freedom, no freedom of speech under dictatorship

Punitive move after getting sanctioned by the US, the cowards in the HK gov & HongKongPoliceTerrorists only know how to bully the defenseless. The rest of the world: what are you waiting for? MagnitskyActNow!

CCP excuse, its hard to imagine the same happening to for exposing truths. This is a pure CCP tactic to oppress anyone speaking the truth. The world needs to act. jimmylai NationalSecurityLaw CCP

The HK police and government are treating Apple Daily media like terrorist! Sending over a hundred police into the media building! Where were these ducking blue shirts on 21/7/2019?

The end of the one country two systems.

Unbelievable!

Dear world, please keep an eye to Hong Kong. Freedom of speech and press are dead... 全球關注香港新聞與言論自由被公然踐踏的一天。

They are so stupid

PoliceState

UK and the whole world must follow US to impose sanction to HongKong government otherwise they will just keep oppressing the HongKongers

Press freedom in Hong Kong is dead. AntiNationalSecurityLaw

CCP is still doing what they want to infiltrate HongKong freedoms despite the US sanctions Alongside with Jimmy Lai at least 6 staff were arrested and the Office was searched by the cops without a legit warrant CCP must be stopped MagnitskyAct NationalSecurityLaw

JimmyLai StandWithHongKong AppleDailyNA AS_AppleDaily

HongKong JimmyLai

CCP is so fucked up

It is obvious that CCP and their puppet, HK government, are using the new NationalSecurityLaw as an excuse to erode the Hong Kong people’s fundamental rights and liberties.

It won’t be long before press in hk is turned into CCTV and dance in whatever ways the CCPChina wants

CCPChina thinks he is the leader of HKIndependence mov’t and by arresting him the “problem” will be solved. They always have wrong interpretations towards the whole situation and that’s why they will definitely lose.

CCP is not dare to sanction the officials of United States, so they choose to sanction appledaily_hk 🙃

This is serious violation of freedom of press adopted by UN for Universal Declaration of Human Rights!

Around two hundreds police officers burst into Apple Daily Building without any search warrant.

ccpinvasion

This is just an excuse, CCP wants to silence him for his political stance only, this has lasted for over a decade

The words in the photo: 1991 when Soviet army was entering Lithuanian National Radio and Television 2020 when HongKongPolice is entering Apple Daily

This move of CCP apparently ignore the world and is challenging the universal value standWithJimmyLai

After arrested JimmyLaiApple and other members from appledaily_hk , HKPF raid the office without search warrant. And requested the staff to be registered ID. It’s definitely the white terror and threat pressfreedom

AppleDaily is the only newspaper which reports truth now in HongKong 🥺 Hope JimmyLai is fine

Obviously, this political prosecution is ordered by Beijing in response to US sanction. So-called press freedom have dismissed along with the dead of One country two systems. standwithhongkong

The dictator fight back to British, the China Communist party arrested the Jimmy lai who is British citizen, after 5 eyes warming China.

NationalSecurityLaw can be anything when that’s a tyranny law, so telling truth would be criminal now...

//seven people had been arrested on suspicion of collusion with foreign forces against national security, and conspiracy to commit fraud.// 🤔What fraud have they committed? Reporting bad news of the government = fraud? JimmyLai

That is the true face of the CCP security law. HKPolice can now arrest any citizens without any restriction. HongKongers were prosecuted because of speaking out the truth. China deserves sanctions for killing the FreedomOfSpeech in HongKong. Chinazi HKPoliceState

But Drumpf, amirite?

hazinessss this is outrageous! freedom of press is being suppressed by ccp!

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Tyranny is always tyranny if he violates NationalSecurityLaw ,why don't you just arrest him early But after the announcement of sanction from US? Everything is clear StandWithHongKong

CCP is terrified by truth and justice. What a shame for China! standwithhongkong

somesomeblink Please don't be misled by the word National Security. To CCPChina, law is a tool and 'National Security' is a universal excuse to suppress any voices not agreeing with CCP.

報應,出來混早晚要還的

With Jimmy Lai arrested, his media company promoting free speeches swamped with hundreds of hkp. What’s left with HongKong Freedom of Press? shame

This completely shatters any false hope that there is still freedom and human rights under Beijing's draconian national (aka party) security law.

The arrest of Jimmy Lai shown both Carrielam and CCP look down upon the sanction fr US. Freedom and democracy of HK and the free world are still under a tremendous threat fr the authoritarian regime. Ppl of the whole free world are in critical.

Beijing is strangling it’s golden goose. It will go lay it’s eggs elsewhere where it is respected.

HK, the city of the spies.

They better not transfer his trial to mainland China!!!

$ is going to be pouring into yvr RE assets as HK increasingly falls under the jackboot of the Reds in Beijing.

With the arrest of Jimmy Lai, press freedom is gone in Hong Kong. I hope UK and the world will support the freedom-loving people of Hong Kong! StandWithHongKong

So it is the so called action against the sanction of US. CCP only knows suppressing its people’s freedom.

Good news, purge these rubbish out of HK!

¿Alleged?

Another nail in HK's coffin. Another huge mistake by Xi. China's naked use of power now clear to all. Be very aware. Time to start boycotting, if you have not already.

Watch for Jimmy Lai!! Watch for him; keep that up! Is China saying he colluded with tRumpo trying to SHIFT Covid Blame to China, anybody? as usual?

FreeHK_Chi

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FreeHK_Chi It’s the usual practice of CCPChina . Keep making white terror in HongKong , and suppressed all the pro-democracy voice . PressFreedom is no longer exist in HK

Given enough time it would happen to CNN in Texas.

The purpose of the national security law is to allow Beijing to take Hong Kong people as hostage

Any ties to the trumps ?

HongKong

you challenge hong kong police, you get this even if you've done nothing

A shameless revenge from HKPolice

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