HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing, promising to “fight on” in a front-page headline over an image of Lai in handcuffs.
“Apple Daily must fight on”, the front page headline read, amid fears the national security law amounts to an assault on freedom of speech in the semi-autonomous territory. “What the police did yesterday interfered with press freedom brutally,” said 45-year-old Kim Yau as she bought a copy.Police detained Lai on Monday for suspected collusion with foreign forces after about 200 officers searched the newspaper’s offices, collecting 25 boxes of evidence.
His arrest comes amid a crackdown against pro-democracy opposition in Hong Kong which has drawn international condemnation and raised fears for the freedoms promised by Beijing when the former British colony returned to China in 1997.
Recently, China unilaterally imposed control over Hong Kong security. This was a plain violation of Beijing’s treaty obligations with the United Kingdom in the Declaration of 1984 and explicit provisions of Hong Kong’s Basic Law. It has 27 years to go.
What is Apple Daily? It is the only newspaper in the world that consistently and regularly refers to Covid-19 as ‘Wuhan Pneumonia’, defying WHO guidelines to not name a virus after a place, putting itself in line with Pompeo.
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Thanks for reporting 😍😍😍
'Apple Daily' has been accompanying and speaking on behalf of Hong Kong people for many years. It is now facing a severe situation, and the people of Hong Kong will definitely continue to support it😠💪
jamespomfret Although CCP and HK government keep suppressing freedom in HK, Hongkongers keep finding their way to speak up and fight against the tyranny. FreeJimmyLai
To bind their 'transmission' is, At the same time, there is our “right to know” has been robbed.
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WeNeedAppleDaily; we cannot let the government create terror. We must fight back.
HongKongers need the press to continue speaking the truth. WeNeedAppleDaily SupportAppleDaily
Freedom is considerably well-beloved by HK people, the totalitarian regime which nastily took it away making an enormous tragedy to HK people.
The next cultural revolution is happening in Hong Kong, interfering with freedom of speech and journalists. standwithhongkong NSL freehongkong hongkong freeagnes freejimmylai
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appledaily_hk is one of the few newspaper which is not afraid to reveal the truth, even the collusion of the Hong Kong gov't & CCP . FreeJimmyLai FreeAgnesChow StandWithAppleDaily
出来混，要还的！
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“I can’t breathe” “Mind your own business”
Never giveup on freedom WeNeedAppleDaily
The best outcome for HK would be achieved by people with a genuine interest in democracy looking at the mechanisms for representation of the people in the Chinese political system. Separatism is not democracy.
I am proud to be a Hongkonger!
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This is how the HongKonger react~
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违法行为不可取
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