The live feed showed staff being asked to show identity documents. Some executive offices were sealed off with red cordons. The police later wheeled in stacks of empty plastic containers.“We can’t worry that much, we can only go with the flow,” Lai said, before being escorted into a police vehicle.
Apple Daily reported one of Lai’s sons, Ian, was also arrested at his home and later showed his restaurant, Cafe Seasons, being raided by police. Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily is detained by the national security unit in Hong Kong, China August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu On major cases in Hong Kong, the central government in Beijing can claim jurisdiction. The legislation allows agents to take suspects across the border for trials in Communist Party-controlled courts.Lai was also arrested this year on illegal assembly charges, along with other leading activists, relating to protests last year.Before Monday, 15 people had been arrested under the law, including teenagers.
sayasaya777 I’m so worried China goes from bad to worse. Isn’t there any way to rescue him and 周庭さん from China?
Is he pro-democracy or pro-separatist? China has a strategy to improve its democratic practices. It is a pity some of these efforts do not support and improve the common direction instead of working in other ways.
FreeLai westerndemocracy itsnot1900 Trump2020 Don't Mind me..I'm just trying to P O China! Since when in ANY Country can not like a preferred way of life WTF? What China? NO YOU MUST LIKE ONLY OURS AND BE MISERABLE! Your SENSAI has spoken. Now Bow to Me! This is beyond Commie
Classic CCP move...disgusting that NBA and Nike and so many others are supporters/partners of this evil regime. FreeHongKong
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Oh my God.
Disgusting.
Such a chaos day in HongKong. The headquarter of appledaily is raided by the police. HongkongPolice is flipping through the materials of the journalists arbitrarily. And HK Police is even filtering who can get inside the headquarter and record the scene. SOSHK
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
K1233211234567 HK govt n CCP respond US sanctions by arresting n harassing its ppl, typical totalitarian regime’s tactic. The worst is yet to come, pls StandWithHongKong ReleaseJimmyLai WeNeedAppleDaily
iamnanatna The World must wake up and understand how brutal and autocratic for Totalitarian CCP😡😡 This evil is targeting to control Everything And Everyone, no truth and no freedom under it’s claws!!😡😡
CCP finally use the draconian national security law to charge the owner of the last pro-democratic newspaper. Blatant political suppression of press freedom.
The allegation is over exaggerated. He has nothing to do with foreign collusion or national security issue.
CCP doesn't allow the survival of media from the opposing camp. HongKong is under the direct rule of the CCP now. Please step up the sanctions against the CCP and government officials. StandWithHongKong
Well done.
I heard Reuters and some int’l media agency aren’t allowed to enter into the HQ of Apple Daily today. It’s gonna be more difficult for journalists to cover the HK pro-democracy movement nowadays. SOSHK StandWithHongKong
WeNeedAppleDaily SOSHK
Reporting the truth is now guilty in HongKong . It hard to not believe that NationalSecurityLaw is not a political suppression. SOSHK
Silencing the opposition parties in the name of “national security”
Stay strong HKers✊
Press freedom is dead in Hong Kong
Never make the same mistake. Plz enforce the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act
China HK police sent over 200 cops just to raid a newsroom but no one showed up when dozens of citizens were attacked on YuenLong721.
While hkpoliceforce are sending 200 police officers to “investigate” Apple Daily HQ, no police officers were in Yuen Long back in 7.21, 2019. HK Police are good at listening to CCP and destroying freedom of Hong Kong citizens. WeNeedAppleDaily StandWithHongKong
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Looks like a calculated move or retaliation by CCP, shortly after the announced U.S. sanctions on its puppets in HongKong
Jimmy Lai and his Apple Daily have back bone, unlike other traditional newspaper media in Hong Kong. He is not afraid to tell the truth and criticise the authoritarianism implemented by CCP. This is the reason why he is arrested today. CCP is pulling in white terror in HK.
CCP is taking revenge on the freedom loving ppl blatantly in response to the sanction announced by the US. What a coward regime.
His media has a very bad reputation for porn pictures and fake news. He should have been arrested long time ago.
Sad that Reuters are among the outlets that are barred from covering the raid of appledaily_hk office. Today we witness an open attack by HKPolice and Beijing on press freedom of Hong Kong.
Speaking truth is a crime under an authoritarian regime.
China’s response to US sanction on Hong Kong is to hold Hongkonger hostage. Pathetic
Remember this charming guy Zheng from the Wukan Village incident back in 2011? He who proclaimed: 'I will see pigs climbing trees before I will trust the foreign press'. Yep. He's in charge of National Security in HK now.
Good news!
Collusion? Wtf does that mean here
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