Hong Kong police raid on newspaper filmed in real time as China flexes muscles

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Six weeks after China imposed sweeping national security laws on Hong Kong, police moved in on media tycoon Jimmy Lai, one of the most outspoken critics of Beijing in the city.

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Media tycoon Jimmy Lai is detained under national security law after Hong Kong police raid Apple Daily office in Hong Kong, China in this still picture taken frpm a social media video August 10, 2020. Apple Daily/Handout via REUTERS

Staffers said they asked police what legal grounds they had for entering. But these questions were largely ignored as more than 200 police streamed in, according to a live feed of the unfolding drama. As news of the raid spread, more than 10,000 people tuned in, watching as Law defied police warnings to stop filming.But the few employees there, some clad in shorts and sneakers, were told to produce identity documents and register with the police. Some demanded to first see a search warrant.

“What is the scope of your search area?” one voice was heard shouting off camera. A male officer replied that such inquiries should be put to his supervisors.PREPARED FOR RAID Months before the law took effect, the newspaper had shredded documents, uploaded digitised files to overseas servers and safeguarded sources, two senior reporters told Reuters, speaking anonymously because of the sensitivity of the situation.

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This is the democracy that China is exporting to the world. In addition to the Chinese virus.

hopefully the UN will save the day by sending a strongly worded letter

China Will destroy the world

Hong Kong capitulou nas mãos dos comunistas que ligaram um foda-se para o tratado com a Inglaterra.

Chinese 'Democracy'

ChineseVirus

BoycotChina

He was arrested for the crimes he committed. Those who are ignorant about this issue just shut up! Stop saying human rights or freedom, those are nothing but political rhetoric!

A China é isso ai sem democracia! O mundo está vendido economicamente para a China, olha o futuro do mundo!

Shame on the HK Police😡😡😡

aiww Great good arrest

ching8964 This is crackdown of hk freedom under NationalSecurityLaw Pls StandWithHongKong standwithappledaily

Searching area with journalistic material is definitely an infringement of press freedom.

menakadoshi Chinese imperial ambitions know no bounds.

Furious! Ruthless!

Wake up, thus could be the US in less than a year!

Should have been arrested long time ago lol, Appledaily is the mother of fake news 😂 They can just casually crop a video and put a misleading headline like it's nothing just to rile up the people. Very immoral people.

Democracia Chinesa

The same is happening with the protesters in India.

I stand with all freedom-loving people in Hong Kong. FreeJimmyLai

Malditos comunistas chineses

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Looks like Brazil, they do the same with conservative midia

Where I already see this? Left supreme court in Brazil arresting journalists and random people that talk bad about them on Twitter, saying that it's fake news or hate speech, in our constitution doesn't haven't any related laws..

Malditos comunistas,e tem gente que aplaude esse tipo de gente.

O Brasil tem que se posicionar de maneira clara a está ditadura, nada de comércio e de relação com um regime autoritário. EmbaixadaChina vai embora do meu país!!!!!

🤬😡

Que absurdo!!! Isso acontecendo na nossa cara e em pleno 2020. Pior é ver muita gente defendendo esse regime comunista.

China censouring its people isn´t new,but repressing Hong Kong is China litteraly asking to be a British Colony

The freedom of HK is collapsing

”When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty....✊do it...💪

And so it begins. realDonaldTrump please so something. Your the only one that Can help ✌🏻

Don’t worry. People who don’t like BLM, Kap, kneeling athletes, etc will soon amplify their concern for you! Help us on the way!

Comunist always lie. China lies to UK.

FreeHK WeDidntStartTheFire

All the police look unnatural, searching and arresting motion look like a three class actor. All are uniform-wear CCP PUPPETS I wonder if they feel a little bit strange in mind “ Are we going to literally arrest a press?” “ It’s Hk biggest newspaper I walk through “

GloboNews dar uma olhadinha aqui !

Next, the international reporter FCC will be very dangerous! HONG KONG TODAY ANY COUNTRY TOMORROW

Long live China!

None surprise here, it’s China.

not only they stormed into the media headquarter, but they also crushed the fourth power by forbidding press like to go in and monitor the search process

Those who regard this traitor as a pro-democratic.U should see a doctor to cure your sickness of double standard.

Xi, the communist dictator of mainland China, is running a corrupt, ultra-greedy regime; he covets the South China Sea, Japanese islands, Taiwan, Hong Kong ; the planet. China is big ; not enough for the Chinese govt. The Uyghurs are tortured: education (USA schools torture, 2).

What a time to celebrate this moment.Wish this traitor will never come out from jail.Need a champagne to celebrate.

Communism is a cancer

No more PressFreedom in HongKong .

China is expanding its boarders.

Oppression of puppet Hong Kong government and CCP still happening when the coronavirus gains the whole world‘s attention.

Maoist lying despots CCP have amped up the pressure. Shameful.

This is proof that ccp will never enter the freeworld with peace, they are nothing but s regime that would arrests teens and banish any pro democratic press to sustain its fragile totalitarian ruling

please save them ! the world had looked that Chinazi persecuted LiuShiaoPo. don't let it happened again ! SOSHK CCP_is_terrorist ChinaziHK StandWithHongKong

ChiNazi

more than hundreds of HKPF raided the press office... Where are they on 7.21? WhiteTerror

Cops are the real criminals.

Good

Trump's wet dream!

JimmyLai 's media Apple Daily is telling the truth so CCP wants it to be shut down. It is as simple as that. Please StandWithHongKong

Se o Brasil não tomar cuidado pode muito bem acontecer por aqui tb, estão dando muito mole p/ esse ditador daqui...e lembrem-se apoiar fascismo tem suas horríveis sequelas.

A government is afraid of a truth-revealing media. JimmyLai

Did HK police deny your journalists to report the news?

US Media supports Communist China while they arrest freedom of speech. 🤔

HongKongPoliceState

Freedom of press, made in China.

this is what America will look like if we let trump win again!

'The police said in a statement that they had a court-issued warrant for their search, and that the nine men had all been arrested for suspected national security law violations, including collusion with foreign powers.' 'collusion with foreign powers''🙄 God forbid

Only tyranny would governed by deceiving and intimidating their citizen. Telling the truth will being charged in HK. StandWithHongKong WeNeedAppleDaily

Tyranny!

Wake up world, Chinese government is totally against human rights!! Don’t deal with them!!

GlobalSolidHK CCP couldn’t hold their flame after got US sanction and take revenge on media, journalist, young politicians.... but just cold feet to confront US directly

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 supporter! StandWithHK

While coronavirus is spreading in HK, they are arresting this guy as if this is the utmost important thing to do during this pandemic. HKPolice hamkachan!

An official end to the press freedom in Hong Kong. Welcome to another city ruled by the ccp

CCP almost take away all our values. Protest, academic, speech, election, rule of law.. HKers and free world will be united to safeguard our future from CCP erosion. It's time for free world to react, like Sanction! StandWithHongKong DefendingHongKong NationalSecurityLaw

Hong Kong has fallen...

Skyway23507404 在給黎老送政治資本,還強迫子承父業,誰活得比對方久,誰勝出。

wow

In a country which you cannot vote who to be the chief executive or President, this is what you get.

Don't be silly. We Hongkongers are happy to see CIA representatives such as Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong go to jail.

Trump wishes he could do this

Off the Bucket list! 👋🏼

It seems to be the end for Honk Kong freedom of speech and democracy ...

A very good step to safe guard the peaceful & progressive people of HongKong . This man is responsible for many crimes must be prosecuted properly

This is how Trump’s “ friends” operate.

Good job 👏

See boys and girls, this is REAL communism

FreeHongKong FreeSpeechIsOpressed losinghumanrights Framed GovernmentOverreach FreeJimmyLai Free speech is being taken away and he's arrest for no good reason.

Law and order in Hongkong.

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Stay safe Mr Lai🙏🙏

RIP Democracy. HongKong

Arrested J. Lai is good end of subliminal racially profile about certain Race and Nationality, which is morally wrong and dangerous. Furthermore, this newspaper has been spreading Hatred and Prejudice virus in HK of their motherland China. Press Freedom doesn't Inc slanderous.

Shit, they ain’t playing! They’re serious about this dictatorship!

Greed of capitalism and weed of socialism of rest of the world has empowered CCP. So now it has come back to bite from behind

trump must save him

Hundreds and thousands of journalists, students, activists are rotting in Jail without being charged or trial in India Has any international media highlighted their plights. Anti China journalism of partisanship.

Ominous for Hong Kong.

To buy it

Illegally, naturally. HK is a police state, under China’s totalitarian regime.

Here is roughly 1 hour 45 minutes of the raid. AppleDaily HongKong

Press freedom officially died. He was arrested for speech crime, he did nothing to threaten the national security. In the eyes of the CCP and HK government, anyone who oppose them is a threat. Instead of listening to other’s opinion, they chose to silence them. WeNeedAppleDaily

Heard that u guys being refused to get in by HK popo

Hongkong3333333 There is no more freedom of press in Hong Kong.

So surreal. Cant believe we live a generation to see this happening

Once upon a time, there was a place called Hong Kong.

Jimmy Lai is the last symbol of freedom of press! Arresting him is = CCP breaking the sino British declaration and is now occupying HongKong illegally. The world must standby with UK to restore autonomy of Hong Kong. HKIndependence

FreedomOfPress CCP

The crazy CCP national security law renders the police to detain Jimmy Lai forever unless the court can prove that he won't be harming the national (CCP) security if he gets on bail

Welcome to new world order on Hong Kong being the first stepping stone. Wake up America!! Vote Trump!!

This is transparent and respectful. Hong Kong police is professional.

The Chinese style oppression on pro democracy media is happening in HK.

If only one voice is allowed to exist, then the only voice that exists is a lie. HongKong FreedomOfPress

To buy it

It's a historical day with the official death of press freedom in Hong Kong. Arresting media tycoon, attacking journalists, denying media access. Communist China's blatant violations of human rights & democracy must be stopped asap.StandWithHongKong

From arresting JimmyLaiApple to invading appledaily_hk by leading 300 HKpoliceforce members. Obviously, CCPChina and it puppets are not putting this 'concern' in their eyes. If no strict things done, HongKong is certified died, and CCPChina's ego is expanding for sure.

appledaily_hk Muscle?

Not a raid, is a Police stampede

Showing the world that how inhuman Chinese are

This is obviously a crackdown on HK's freedom of press. The international society must act in response to such brutal act by the CCP! StandWithHongKong

a show of force by harassing press

This is a Junk media

All Hong Kong People should try to leave Hong Kong now before it is too late. Taiwan is a good place to go where there is no culture shock.

freedom of what? hatred and fabrication

这就是那个天天靠编新闻骗蠢货的下三滥媒体,你们也要替人家默哀一下,顺便讽刺一下中国秀肌肉,中国怎么了你们了,那么紧张,天天疯了一样黑中国。

No one is safe in Chinese ruled Hong Kong. China tries to creat small type Tiyaanmen massacre for fully control.

how about this?

BaldingsWorld I would call it simple suppression.

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.

Hong Kong the new Tibet.

Stay tuned..... It will happen in the USA.... very soon....

'Media Mogul' = CIA regime change op.

Under the dictatorship of the ccp , 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

Not good.

filmed!

You collude with foreign countries, that’s treason anywhere in the world!! Thank you China, good work protecting your sovereignty

Which one should be solved first? Your opinions are valuable. Pls do it.

Thank me later

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