MUST CLOSE: The pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily may be forced to close down operations within a few days, an adviser to the newspaper’s owner states. Hundreds of police officers raided the newspaper’s premises and arrested five leaders last week. Later, the newspaper’s bank accounts were frozen. Photo: Kin Cheung / AP / NTB
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The pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily may be forced to close down in just a few days, an adviser to the newspaper’s owner told Reuters.
This happens after the authorities have frozen the bank accounts of the newspaper in accordance with the national security law.
– We thought we could do it until the turn of the month. It’s just getting harder and harder. Now it’s a couple of days, says Mark Simon Reuters. He is an adviser to media mogul Jimmy Lai, who owns the newspaper.
It was Thursday that Hundreds of police raided the premises to the newspaper. Five newspaper executives were arrested, including editor-in-chief Ryan Law. Apple Daily has long been one of the clearest voices in the defense of democratic rights in Hong Kong, and supported the widespread demonstrations in 2019.
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