Published 3 years ago

Hongkongers queue to buy Apple Daily copies after editor-in-chief arrested

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Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily printed 500,000 copies on Friday, five times more than usual. The front page featured images of editors and executives handcuffed and led away by police. Chinese authorities on Friday charged two of those arrested under a national security law. It was the first time the law has been used to directly target a media outlet.

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Yahoo News

HK democracy supporters snap up Apple Daily copies amid anger at police crackdown

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong democracy supporters flocked to buy copies of pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Friday, citing anger over a police raid of its newsroom as part of an inquiry into whether some articles threatened China's national security. Apple's presses whirred out the first copies of the print run around midnight, and the papers were whisked away by vans and trucks across Hong Kong. By the morning, some newsstands in centra…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

Hongkongers queue to buy Apple Daily copies after editor-in-chief arrested

Public outpouring of support for tabloid after raid on offices by national security policeHongkongers queued at city news stands before dawn on Friday to buy the latest edition of the Apple Daily newspaper, a day after national security police arrested its editor-in-chief and four other directors.On Thursday morning hundreds of officers from the Hong Kong police national security department raided the homes of the employees, including editor-in-…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

HK democracy supporters snap up Apple Daily copies amid anger at police crackdown

Hong Kong democracy supporters flocked to buy copies of pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on Friday, citing anger over a police raid of its newsroom as part of an inquiry into whether some articles threatened China's national security.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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CNBC

Hong Kong democracy supporters snap up Apple Daily copies amid anger at police raid

Hong Kong democracy supporters rushed to buy copies of pro-democracy Apple Daily on Friday, citing anger over a police raid of the organization's newsroom.

3 years ago·United States

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Channel News Asia

Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily increases print run after police raid

HONG KONG: Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily increased its Friday (Jun 18) press run after 500 police officers raided its newsroom on Thursday and ...

3 years ago·Singapore

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The Hill

Hong Kong newspaper prints 500,000 copies in face of Chinese crackdown

Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily printed 500,000 copies on Friday, five times more than usual, a day after Chinese authorities arrested five editors and executives for allegedly conspiring with foreign governments to endanger national security,

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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