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23 Jun, 5 tweets, 4 min read
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper will cease publication and shut down as of tomorrow, June 24.

Last year, #HongKong journalists told @CPJAsia that Apple Daily would be the first target of Hong Kong's new national security law.

Here's what's happened ⤵️
cpj.org/2021/06/hong-k…
Today, June 23, #HongKong police arrested #AppleDaily editorial writer Yeung Ching-kee on suspicion of “conspiring to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces,” a crime under the national security law.

cpj.org/2021/06/hong-k…
On June 16, the #HongKong police force raided #AppleDaily's office and arrested five of its executives.

The five are under investigation for alleged conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, a crime under Hong Kong’s National Security Law.
cpj.org/2021/06/hong-k…
On April 16, a #HongKong court sentenced Hong Kong media owner Jimmy Lai to 14 months in prison.

Lai is the founder of Next Digital Limited, which owns #AppleDaily. He faces charges that could keep him in jail for the rest of his life.

cpj.org/2021/04/hong-k…
Want to know more about #HongKong's national security law invoked in the arrests of #AppleDaily journalists?

Read @CPJAsia's analysis from 2020:
cpj.org/2020/08/hong-k…

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