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People buy copies of the last edition of Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily on Thursday morning after authorities froze its assets using a sweeping new national security law, silencing the city's most China critical media outlet. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Jun 24 (EFE).- Hundreds of Hong Kong residents queued in the early hours of Thursday morning outside the Apple Daily headquarters and at newsstands to get their hands on the final issue of the pro-democracy newspaper after authorities froze its assets and arrested executives.Publisher Next Digital announced Wednesday the end of both print and digital issues of the newspaper due to the "current circumstances prevailing, in Hong Kong," where five of its executives have been arrested in recent days accused of "collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security," in violation of the Beijing-imposed national security law. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE QUEUE TO BUY THE LAST ISSUE OF APPLE DAILY IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Jun 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Jerome Favre) Hong Kong's national security police arrested five directors of the Apple Daily newspaper on suspicion of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces under legislation imposed by China.
Hong Kong police surround the offices of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily after arresting five of its executives under the city's national security law, including chief editor Ryan Law. [COMPLETES VIDI9CD48N_EN] IMAGES
Hong Kong, Jul 21 (EFE/EPA).- The Hong Kong Police on Wednesday arrested Lam Man-chung, former executive editor-in-chief of the recently dissolved pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.Lam, 51, is accused of "conspiracy to collude with foreign forces," according to national broadcaster RTHK. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS PEOPLE QUEUE TO BUY THE LAST ISSUE OF APPLE DAILY IN HONG KONG, AND APPLE DAILY SUPPORTERS GATHER AROUND ITS HEADQUARTERS IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Jun 28 (EFE/EPA).- A senior journalist of the now-closed Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested at Hong Kong airport while to trying to leave the city for the United Kingdom, public broadcaster RTHK reported Monday.Fung Wai-kong, an editor and columnist at the daily, was arrested on Sunday night for "conspiring to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security," the police said in a statement, according to RTHK.The newspaper printed its final issue on Thursday, just a week after the arrest of several executives for alleged conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, a crime under the national security law that China imposed on the former British colony. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS APPLE DAILY HEADQUARTERS, PEOPLE QUEUE TO BUY THE LAST ISSUE OF APPLE DAILY AND SUPPORTERS GATHER OUTSIDE THE OFFICE OF APPLE DAILY IN HONG KONG.
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